2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 43 - Pensions And Retirement And Unemployment Compensation
Section 43:13-22.57 - Priority Of Payments To Survivors
43:13-22.57. Priority of payments to survivors
Upon and after the death of a member or survivor, the benefits herein provided for the remaining survivors shall be paid in the following manner of priority:
(a) To the surviving widow or widower;
(b) If no widow or widower, then to the guardian of the minor children for their exclusive use;
(c) In the event there be no surviving widow, widower or minor children, then to the dependent parent or parents in equal shares.
L.1964, c. 275, s. 8. Amended by L.1981, c. 534, s. 4, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
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