Minnesota § 356.407 - RESTORATION OF SURVIVOR BENEFITS
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 356.407 — RESTORATION OF SURVIVOR BENEFITS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 356.407. RESTORATION OF SURVIVOR BENEFITS
Subdivision 1.Restoration upon termination of remarriage.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of the laws governing any of the retirement plans enumerated in subdivision 2, any person who was receiving a surviving spouse's benefit from any of those plans and whose benefit terminated solely because of remarriage is, if the remarriage terminates for any reason, again entitled upon reapplication to a surviving spouse's benefit; provided, however, that the person is not entitled to retroactive payments for the period of remarriage. The benefit resumes at the level which the person would have been receiving if there had been no remarriage.
Subd. 2.Covered funds.
The provisions of this section apply to the following retirement funds:
(1) the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association established under chapter 353;
(2) the public employees police and fire plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association established under chapter 353;
(3) the State Patrol retirement plan established under chapter 352B;
(4) the legislators retirement plan established under chapter 3A;
(5) the elective state officers retirement plan established under chapter 352C; and
(6) the Teachers Retirement Association established under chapter 354.
History:
2002 c 392 art 11 s 28; 2010 c 359 art 12 s 31; 2015 c 68 art 13 s 48; art 14 s 24
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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