Child annuities shall be payable to each child of an employee annuitant who dies with no surviving spouse and whose spouse would have been eligible to receive a surviving spouse annuity, and each child of a deceased employee whose surviving spouse dies and whose spouse, immediately prior to death, was receiving or would have been eligible to receive, a surviving spouse annuity, or who left no surviving spouse, is eligible to receive a child annuity, provided:
         a. The child is less than age 18 and unmarried;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/7-160

  • 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.
  • Surviving spouse: means "widow" or "widower" as the case may be. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.32

         b. The child is the natural born or legally adopted
    
child of the employee and was born prior to the date of the employee’s latest resignation or discharge from the service of the participating municipality;
        c. (Blank).
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