{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-31842","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 31842","heading":"","body":"As used in this article “eligible spouse” means an individual who is caring for one or more of the children (as defined in Section 31843) of a deceased member and who is:\n(a) The widow or widower of such deceased member, or\n(b) The divorced former spouse of such deceased member, from whom he or she was receiving not less than one-half of his or her support at the time of his or her death.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 4. EMPLOYEES [31000. - 33017.]","PART 3. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS [31200. - 33017.]","CHAPTER 3. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 [31450. - 31898.]","ARTICLE 15.5. Survivors’ Allowances [31841. - 31852.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"de1705cdea540ebbd29b337dbff22d71b6cf512ec410269f2b3f10fbad735e73","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-31841.1","next":"us-ca/gov-31843"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}