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

Indiana § 5-10-11-5

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

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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.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.49-1989, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.245-2013, SEC.1.