Indiana § 5-10-11-5 - Lump sum payment; dependency of children and stepchildren defined
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§ 5-10-11-5. Lump sum payment; dependency of children and stepchildren defined
Sec. 5. (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.
As added by P.L.49-1989, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.245-2013, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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