California Education Code CHAPTER 22 - Active Death Benefits: Family Allowance

• Section 23800.
  (a) This chapter governs the eligibility provisions, benefit provisions, allowance computations, and related provisions for the benefits payable under this part with respect to the Defined...
• Section 23801.
  (a) A death payment of no less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall be paid to the beneficiary upon receipt of proof of death of a...
• Section 23802.
  (a) Upon receipt of proof of death of a member who has no preretirement option in effect, and who either does not meet the eligibility requirements...
• Section 23803.
  Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13100) of Part 1 of Division 8 of the Probate Code, or any other provision of law, death payments...
• Section 23804.
  (a) A family allowance is payable upon the death of an active member or a disabled member who was receiving a disability allowance that began to...
• Section 23805.
  A family allowance is payable in the amount and to the specified persons in the following order of priority:(a) To the deceased member’s surviving spouse who...
• Section 23805.5.
  (a) A parent claiming a benefit under Section 23805 is dependent if all of the following apply:(1) The parent was receiving one-half or more of his or...
• Section 23806.
  (a) A dependent child who is not in the care of the surviving spouse shall be included in the calculation of the family allowance. That child’s...
• Section 23809.
  The family allowance payable to the surviving spouse who has financial responsibility for at least one dependent child, or the family allowance payable to a...
• Section 23810.
  If the person or persons to whom a family allowance is payable dies or no longer qualifies for the allowance, the allowance shall be terminated...
• Section 23811.
  (a) Upon termination of family allowances under this part and prior to the payment of allowances equal to the amount of the member’s accumulated retirement contributions...
• Section 23812.
  (a) The surviving spouse of a deceased member who previously lost entitlement to benefits prescribed by this part due to remarriage shall be entitled to resume...

Last modified: October 22, 2018