KRS 21.425: Benefits to surviving or disabled children of members who began

participating before January 1, 2014 -- Designation of beneficiaries.

(1) In any circumstances in which a surviving spouse would be entitled to any

allowance under KRS 21.420, b ut there is no surviving spouse or the surviving

spouse subsequently dies, and there is a surviving child or children of the member

under the age of twenty -one (21), or there is a disabled child or children, the

monthly allowance that the surviving spouse would have received or was receiving

shall be continued, as follows:

(a) If the member does not have a disabled child or children, the benefit shall

continue until there are no children remaining under the age of twenty -one

(21); or

(b) If the member has a disabled child or children, the benefit shall continue until

the death of the last remaining disabled child.

(2) A member may designate his or her child or children under the age of twenty -one

(21), or his or her disabled child or children, or a special n eeds trust as defined by

KRS 21.420(9) for the benefit of the disabled child, to receive the death benefit

payable under KRS 21.420 instead of his or her spouse, or he or she may designate

that his or her spouse shall receive a percentage of the death bene fit, and his or her

child or children under the age of twenty -one (21), or his or her disabled child or

children, or a special needs trust as defined by KRS 21.420(9) for the benefit of a

disabled child, shall receive the remainder. The member making such a choice shall

designate his or her beneficiary or beneficiaries in writing to the manager of the

Judicial Form Retirement System on a form provided by the manager.

(3) For purposes of this section, "disabled" means an individual determined by the

Social Security Administration to be entitled to total disability benefits.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall not apply to a member who begins

participating in the Judicial Retirement Plan on or after January 1, 2014.