2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation
Section 43:6A-18 - Death after retirement; payments to beneficiaries

Universal Citation: NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-18 (2019)

43:6A-18. Death after retirement; payments to beneficiaries

Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death after retirement of a member of the retirement system, there shall be paid to his widow a survivor's benefit of 25% of final salary for the use of herself, to continue during her widowhood, plus 10% of final salary payable to one surviving child or plus 15% of final salary to two or more surviving children; if there is no surviving widow or in case the widow dies or remarries, 15% of final salary will be payable to one surviving child, 20% of final salary to two surviving children in equal shares and if there be three or more children, 30% of final salary will be payable to such children in equal shares. For the purposes of this section final salary means the current salary for the judicial position in which the member served at retirement.

L.1973, c. 140, s. 18, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 11, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.

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