New Jersey § 43:19-14

§ 43:19-14.

If any member of the pension corporation who shall have paid into the fund the full

amount of his annual assessments or contributions dies as a result of injuries or

illness received or incurred in the performance of duty; or if any such member who

shall have served in the city's employ in the aggregate for twenty years and paid

into the fund the full amount of annual assessments or contributions, dies from causes

other than injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of duty; or

if any such member shall after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven,

have been retired and pensioned under this chapter and subsequently dies, then and

in each of such events, as hereinafter provided, a pension in an amount equal to one-half

of the salary received by such member at the time of death, and in those cases where

a member has been retired and pensioned prior thereto one-half of the salary received

by such member at the time of retirement, shall be paid to the widow or husband for

the benefit of herself or himself and minor children, if any, under the age of sixteen

years or dependent parents as the case may be. The pension so paid shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars annually. The pension shall be paid to the surviving spouse during his or her natural life

and so long as he or she shall remain unmarried, but no pension shall be paid to the

widow or husband of any member who shall, after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred

and twenty-seven, marry the member after such member has reached the age of fifty

years. If there is no surviving spouse of the member, or no surviving spouse qualified

to take under this chapter, or if the surviving spouse subsequently dies or remarries,

and the member shall have left him or her surviving as heirs at law and next of kin,

minor children under the age of sixteen years, payments to such minor children shall

be made as follows: If there be one child, the sum of twenty-five dollars shall be

paid to such child monthly until he or she arrives at the age of sixteen years; if

there are two or more children the pension equal in amount to one-half of the salary

received by such member at the time of death or retirement, but not exceeding in the

aggregate one thousand dollars annually shall be paid to such children who have not

attained the age of sixteen years in equal shares but in no event shall any one child

receive more than the sum of twenty-five dollars monthly. If there is no widow, dependent husband and no children under the age of sixteen

years, at the time of the death of such municipal employee, then such pension shall

be paid to the dependent parents, if any, of such deceased municipal employee.