TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES 23000-33205›DIVISION 4. EMPLOYEES 31000-33017›PART 3. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS 31200-33017›CHAPTER 3. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 31450-31898›ARTICLE 15.6. Survivors’ Allowances 31855-31855.12

§ 31855.6

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to the member’s death and who is survived by one or more children but no surviving spouse, the child or children shall be entitled to a monthly survivor’s allowance as specified in Section 31855.8 or 31855.12. The monthly survivor’s allowance of two or more children shall be divided equally as to those children.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 9, Sec. 2. (AB 1355) Effective January 1, 2010.)

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