{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-5-10-11-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 5-10-11-5","heading":"Lump sum payment; dependency of children and stepchildren defined","body":"Sec. 5. (a) The board shall pay a death benefit of:\n(1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a state employee who dies in the line of duty before July 1, 2013; and\n(2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a state employee who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2013.\n(b) The death benefit shall be paid in a lump sum as follows:\n(1) To the surviving spouse.\n(2) If there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving dependent children and surviving dependent stepchildren in equal shares.\nFor purposes of this subsection, a child or stepchild is dependent on a state employee if the state employee claimed the child or stepchild as a dependent on the federal income tax return filed by the state employee in the year before the year in which the state employee died.","path":["TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 10. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS","Chapter 11. State Employees' Death Benefit"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_5.html#5-10-11-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:11:39Z","sha256":"a07a87403ce8ed9e364df704eb9a004ad905e3944046bed4a7548f17f6840613","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-5-10-11-4","next":"us-in/ic-5-10-11-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}