Wyoming § 15-5-309 Death benefits; surviving spouse and children;
amounts; length of payments; benefit adjustment

Wyoming Statutes

§ 15-5-309 — Death benefits; surviving spouse and children; amounts; length of payments; benefit adjustment

Wyoming § 15-5-309

Title 15Cities and Towns

Ch. 5FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS

Art. 3POLICEMEN PENSIONS AND DEATH BENEFITS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 15-5-309 (2026).

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(a)Upon the death from any cause, of any person appointed or selected and sworn as a member in any capacity or rank of the police department of any city or town subject to the provisions of this article, the board shall pay a monthly pension of fifty percent (50%) of the deceased officer's monthly salary out of the funds to his surviving spouse. The pension shall continue during her life or until she remarries. In addition, the board shall pay to the surviving spouse out of the fund six percent (6%) of the deceased officer's monthly salary per month for the support and maintenance of each child of the deceased officer who is under eighteen (18) years of age and was supported by him prior to his death. The payments shall continue until the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age or marrie

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(a) Upon the death from any cause, of any person appointed
or selected and sworn as a member in any capacity or rank of the
police department of any city or town subject to the provisions
of this article, the board shall pay a monthly pension of fifty
percent (50%) of the deceased officer's monthly salary out of
the funds to his surviving spouse. The pension shall continue
during her life or until she remarries. In addition, the board
shall pay to the surviving spouse out of the fund six percent
(6%) of the deceased officer's monthly salary per month for the
support and maintenance of each child of the deceased officer
who is under eighteen (18) years of age and was supported by him
prior to his death. The payments shall continue until the child
becomes eighteen (18) years of age or marries.
(b) If the police officer is retired and drawing his
pension at the time of his death, and leaves a wife surviving,
the board shall pay a monthly pension out of the fund to his
surviving spouse equal to two-thirds (2/3) of the pension the
retired police officer was receiving at the time of his death.
In addition, the board shall pay to the surviving spouse or
legal guardian sixty dollars ($60.00) per month out of the fund
for the support and maintenance of each child of the deceased,
retired officer who is under eighteen (18) years of age and was
supported by him prior to his death. The payments shall continue
until the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age or marries.
(c) In addition to any other benefit provided by this
section, each surviving spouse of a person who died while
receiving retirement payments under this article shall receive a
benefit of three percent (3%) for each full year that payments
were made under this article prior to July 1, 1981 to both the
retired person before death and the surviving spouse.
(d) Effective July 1, 1987, any surviving spouse and any
surviving child of any officer who died prior to July 1, 1979
while a sworn member of the police department of any city or
town subject to this article shall receive a benefit in an
amount as provided in subsection (a) of this section.