Los Angeles Municipal Code
Sec. 4.2008. Survivorship Benefits for All Tier 5 Members, Except Former Tier 2 Members Who Transferred to Tier 5.
d be entitled to pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while there is one Minor Child or Dependent Child, 40% while there are two Minor Children or Dependent Children or a combination, and 50% while there are three or more Minor Children or Dependent Children or a combination. Whenever any Plan Member or Retired Plan Member shall die and leave surviving the Member, in addition to a Qualified Survivor, a Minor Child or Children or a Dependent Child or Children of the deceased member and the Qualified Survivor and a Minor Child or Children or a Dependent Child or Children not the child or children of the Qualified Survivor, then a monthly pension shall be paid in an amount which shall be equal to 25% of the pension the Qualified Survivor would be entitled to pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while there is one Minor Child or Dependent Child, 40% while there are two Minor Children or Dependent Children or a combination, and 50% while there are three or more Minor Children or Dependent Children or a combination. The amount of such monthly pension shall be divided by the number of Minor Children or Dependent Children and shall be adjusted accordingly whenever any Minor or Dependent Child shall cease to be such. The Qualified Survivor shall be paid the portion of such monthly pension which shall be applicable to the number of the Qualified Survivor’s Minor Children or Dependent Children and the same shall be the Qualified Survivor’s exclusive property. The guardian or guardians of the estate or estates of the Minor Children or Dependent Children who are not those of the Qualified Survivor shall be paid the portion of such monthly pension which shall be applicable to such Minor Children or Dependent Children and the same shall be the exclusive property of such children. The additional pension amounts provided in this subsection for persons other than a Qualified Survivor are to be calculated on the basis of the applicable Qualified Survivor pension provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, unmodified by any election that may previously have been made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.