A benefit shall be granted to any child of the employee under 18 years of age or any child under such age legally adopted by the employee whose death occurred under the following conditions:
         (a) from injury incurred in the performance of duty
    
regardless of length of service;
        (b) from any other cause after completion of at least
    
2 years of service;
        (c) after the employee withdraws from service
    
subsequent to age 55 and entered upon or is eligible for annuity.
    In the case of an employee whose death occurs after withdrawal subsequent to age 55, if eligible for an annuity, birth of a child must have occurred before the date of the employee’s latest withdrawal.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/12-137

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10

     No annuity shall be payable to any child after such child’s marriage. The termination date of any child’s annuity due to the attainment of age 18 or marriage shall be the due date of the last annuity payment for the child, next preceding such due date with no proration for any period which is less than a full month.
     A posthumous child shall be regarded as a child of the employee entitled to an annuity.
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