Indiana § 5-10-11-5 Lump sum payment; dependency of children and stepchildren defined

Indiana Statutes

§ 5-10-11-5 — Lump sum payment; dependency of children and stepchildren defined

Indiana·Title 5 STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION·Art. 10 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS·Ch. 11 State Employees' Death Benefit

(a)The board shall pay a death benefit of:

(1)fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a state employee who dies in the line of duty before July 1, 2013; and

(2)one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a state employee who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2013.

(b)The death benefit shall be paid in a lump sum as follows:

(1)To the surviving spouse.

(2)If there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving dependent children and surviving dependent stepchildren in equal shares. For purposes of this subsection, a child or stepchild is dependent on a state employee if the state employee claimed the child or stepchild as a dependent on the federal income tax return filed by the state employee in the year before the year in which the state employee died.

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(a) The board shall pay a death benefit of:
(1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a state employee who dies
in the line of duty before July 1, 2013; and
(2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a state employee
who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2013.
(b) The death benefit shall be paid in a lump sum as follows:
(1) To the surviving spouse.
(2) If there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving dependent
children and surviving dependent stepchildren in equal shares.
For purposes of this subsection, a child or stepchild is dependent on a
state employee if the state employee claimed the child or stepchild as
a dependent on the federal income tax return filed by the state
employee in the year before the year in which the state employee died.

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