New Jersey § 43:13-40

§ 43:13-40.

The widow, dependent husband, children under the age of sixteen years or dependent

parents, as the case may be, of a municipal employee or officer who shall have: a. Paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and

who dies as a result of injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance

of his duties; or b. Served in the employ of a village in any county of the first class in the aggregate

for twenty-five years, and who has paid into the fund the full amount of his annual

assessments or contributions and who dies from causes other than injuries or illness

received or incurred in the performance of his duties; or c. Been retired and pensioned under this article and continued to pay into the fund

the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions based on his retirement

pay after his retirement and until his death, and who dies-- Shall receive a pension in an amount equal to one-half of the salary received by such

employee or officer at the time of his death, and in those cases where an employee

or officer shall have been retired and pensioned previous thereto, in an amount equal

to one-half of the salary he received at the time of his retirement. The pension so paid shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars annually. No pension shall be paid to a widow or dependent husband if she or he was married

to her or his deceased spouse after the date of her or his retirement or after she

or he shall have reached fifty-five years of age. The pension shall be paid to the widow or dependent husband during her or his natural

life and so long as she or he remains unmarried. If there is no widow or dependent husband surviving such employee or officer, or no

widow or husband qualified to take under this article, or if the widow or husband

subsequently dies or remarries and such employee or officer shall have left her or

him surviving children under the age of sixteen years, such children shall receive

payments as follows: If there is one child, he shall be paid the sum of twenty-five

dollars monthly until he reaches sixteen years of age; if two children, each shall

be paid twenty-five dollars monthly until he reaches sixteen years of age; if three

or more children, such pension equal in amount to one-half of the salary received

by the employee at the time of his death or retirement, but not exceeding in the aggregate

one thousand dollars annually, shall be paid to the children who have not reached

sixteen years of age in equal shares, but no one of such children shall receive more

than twenty-five dollars monthly. If there is no widow, dependent husband and children under sixteen years of age at

the time of such employee's or officer's death, the pension shall be paid to any dependent

parent or parents of such deceased employee or officer.