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40 ILCS 5/13-308

(40 ILCS 5/13-308) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 13-308)

Sec. 13-308. Child's annuity.

(a) Eligibility.  A child's annuity shall be provided for each unmarried
child under the age of 18 years (under the age of 23 years in the case of a full-time student) whose employee
parent dies while in service, or whose deceased parent is an annuitant or
former employee with at least 10 years of creditable service who did not take a
refund of employee contributions. Eligibility for benefits to unmarried children over the age of 18 but under the age of 23  begins no earlier than September 1, 2005.

For purposes of this Section, "employee" includes a former employee, and
"child" means the issue of an employee or a child adopted by an employee.

Payments shall cease when a child attains the age of 18 years (age of 23 years in the case of a full-time student) or marries,
whichever first occurs.  The annuity shall not be payable unless the employee
has been employed as an employee for at
least 36 months from the date of the employee's original
entry into service (at least 24 months in the case of an employee who first
entered service before June 13, 1997) and
at least 12 months from the date of the employee's latest
re-entry into service; provided, however, that if death arises out of and
in the course of service to the employer and is compensable under either the
Illinois Workers' Compensation Act or Illinois Workers' Occupational
Diseases Act, the annuity is payable regardless of the employee's length of
service.

(b) Amount. Beginning on the first day of the month following the month in which this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly takes effect, a child's annuity shall be $500 per month for
each child, up to a
maximum of $5,000 per month for all children of the employee, as provided in
this Section, if a parent of the child is living.  The child's annuity
shall be $1,000 per month for each child, up to a maximum of $5,000 for all children of
the employee, when neither parent is alive.  The total amount payable to
all children of the employee shall be divided equally among those children.

(c) Payment.  Until a child attains the age of 18 years, a

child's annuity shall be paid to the child's parent or
other person who shall be providing for the child without requiring formal
letters of guardianship, unless another person shall be appointed by a
court of law as guardian. Beginning on the first day of the month following the month in which this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly takes effect, benefits shall begin on the first of the month following the employee's or annuitant's date of death and are payable for the full month if the annuitant was alive on the first day of the month.

(Source: P.A. 95-279, eff. 1-1-08; 96-251, eff. 8-11-09.)