§ 15-5-412 — Amount of survivor's pension

Wyoming § 15-5-412

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 15: Cities and Towns
• Ch. 5: FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS
• Art. 4: FIREMEN'S PENSION ACCOUNT REFORM ACT OF 1981

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(a) The monthly survivor's pension payable to a member's
eligible primary survivor or, if there is no eligible surviving
spouse, then to his eligible surviving dependents, shall be
equal to the greater of:
(i) Fifty percent (50%) of final average
compensation; or
(ii) The service pension based on credited service
accrued to the date of the member's death.
(b) If the primary survivor is the surviving spouse, that
person shall have been married to the deceased member for at
least one (1) year before the date of death, unless the death
was the result of an accident.
(c) A survivor's pension shall begin with the month
following the month in which the member dies. If the pension is
payable to a surviving spouse who subsequently dies, it is then
payable in the following month to the next primary survivor as
defined in W.S. 15-5-402(a)(xiv) or ceases with that month in
the absence of eligible dependents. If payable to a child who
dies or fails to meet the conditions of eligibility in W.S.
15-5-402(a)(vi), the pension shall cease with that month.