Monthly survivor’s allowances shall be based upon the following table:

Terms Used In California Government Code 31855.12

  • child: means a member's child who, when the member dies, is both dependent on the member and unmarried, as well as any of the following:

    California Government Code 31855.3

  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • parent: means the father or mother of the deceased member who at the time of the death of such member was not less than 62 years of age and was receiving not less than one-half of his or her support from the member, and who has not remarried since the member's death. See California Government Code 31855.4
  • Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Government Code 12.2

 Monthly

Member’s survivors

 allowances

Surviving spouse caring for one child  ……………………

 ?$1,390

Surviving spouse caring for two or more children  ……………………

?1,622

One child only  ……………………

695

Two children only  ……………………

?1,390

Three or more children  ……………………

?1,622

Widow or widower age 62 (no child)  ……………………

768

Widow or widower age 60 (no child)  ……………………

663

Each of two dependent parents at age 62  ……………………

695

Sole dependent parent at age 62  ……………………

795

Lump-sum payment  ……………………

255

This section is an alternative to Section 31855.8.

This section shall not be operative in any county which has adopted this article, until the board of supervisors, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, makes this section operative in the county.

(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 982, Sec. 7.)

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