New Jersey § 43:6A-17 Death in active service;  payments to beneficiaries

New Jersey Statutes

§ 43:6A-17 — Death in active service; payments to beneficiaries

New Jersey § 43:6A-17

Title 43PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 43:6A-17 (2026).

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a.Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death in active service 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. If there is no surviving widow or child, 20% of final salary will be payable to one surviving parent or 30% of final salary will be payab

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a. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death in active service 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. If there is no surviving widow or child, 20% of final salary will be payable to one surviving parent or 30% of final salary will be payable to two surviving parents in equal shares. b. In addition to the foregoing benefits payable under subsection a., there shall also be paid in one sum to the member's beneficiary an amount equal to one and one-half times the final salary received by the member. c. For the purposes of this section final salary means the current salary for the judicial position in which the member served at the time of death. L.1973, c. 140, s. 17, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 10, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.