New Jersey § 43:13-5

§ 43:13-5.

If a municipal employee, who was not previously retired or pensioned, who has paid

into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and who shall

have served in the municipal employ for five years, shall die from causes other than

injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duties, twenty-five

per cent of the pension which would have been paid if he had served in the city for

twenty years shall be paid to the surviving widow, husband, minor children or dependent

parents, as the case may be. For each additional year of such service thereafter the proportionate amount of

the pension to be so paid shall be increased to the extent of five per cent over and

above such twenty-five per cent per annum for each additional year of service up to

and including twenty years.