Alaska Statutes 22.25.033 – Claim for survivor’s benefits
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 22.25.033
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- judge: means a judge of the court of appeals, a superior court judge, or a district court judge. See Alaska Statutes 22.25.900
- justice: means a supreme court justice. See Alaska Statutes 22.25.900
- person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
A person claiming entitlement to benefits payable under this chapter as a consequence of a justice‘s or judge‘s death shall provide the commissioner of administration with a marriage certificate, divorce or dissolution judgment, or other evidence of entitlement. Documents establishing entitlement may be filed with the commissioner immediately after a change in the justice’s or judge’s marital status. If the commissioner does not receive notification of a claim before the date 10 days after the justice’s or judge’s death, the person claiming entitlement is not entitled to receive from the Department of Administration any benefit already paid by the commissioner under this chapter.