The amount of child annuities shall be:
     1. The aggregate of all child annuities in an amount equal to the surviving spouse annuity which the spouse of the employee was receiving, or eligible to receive, immediately prior to death, or which the spouse of the annuitant would have received if surviving;

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/7-162

  • 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

     2. The child annuity payable at any time to each eligible child shall be an amount determined by dividing the aggregate amount of all child annuities by the number of children then eligible to receive child annuities.