Death of a Member Before Retirement with Ten Years of Service.
(a) A death benefit shall be paid from the Plan on behalf of a Member who:
(i) completed at least ten (10) Years of Service prior to the date of his or her death;
(ii) had not yet commenced receiving Retirement Benefits as of the date of his or her death; and
(iii) is either:
(1) survived by a Spouse to whom the Member was married on the date of the Member’s death, and to whom the Member had been married for at least three (3) years at the time of the Member’s death; or
(2) is survived by a child or children under the age of eighteen (18).
(b) If a Member is eligible for a death benefit under subparagraph (a) and is survived by a Spouse who meets the requirements of subparagraph (a)(iii)(1), the Member’s surviving Spouse will receive an annual benefit calculated as follows: 50% of the appropriate pension multiplier referenced in the attached Appendices multiplied by such Member’s Final Average Earnings calculated in accordance with the appropriate Appendix, then multiplied by the deceased Member’s Years of Service. In no event shall the surviving Spouse’s benefit be less than twenty- five percent (25%) of the Member’s Final Average Earnings. This benefit shall be paid in monthly installments until the earlier of the month of the Spouse’s death or the month of the Spouse’s remarriage.
(c) If a Member is eligible for a death benefit by meeting the requirements of subparagraph (a), and is not survived by a Spouse who meets the requirements of subparagraph (a)(iii)(1), but is survived by a child or children meeting the requirements of subparagraph (a)(iii)(2), the then-living children of the Member under 18 will receive an annual benefit calculated as follows: 50% of the appropriate pension multiplier referenced in the attached Appendices multiplied by such Member’s Final Average Earnings calculated in accordance with the appropriate Appendix, then multiplied by the deceased Member’s Years of Service. In no event shall the child or children’s benefit be less than twenty-five (25%) of the Member’s Final Average Earnings. This benefit shall be paid in monthly installments to the Member’s children under the age of 18, divided among them equally. A child’s right to such payment shall cease on the date he or she attains age 18, with the full benefit amount divided among the remaining children under 18.
(d) If a Member’s Spouse was entitled to a death benefit under subparagraph (b) above, but is no longer entitled to such payment due to such Spouse’s death or rema...
