§ 13. Deceased Member Without Widow or Widower or Issue; With Dependent Parents; Without Dependent Parent or Designated Receiver.

(1)

If a deceased member of the police department, active or retired, leaves no widow or widower surviving and leaves no surviving child in being who is the issue of such deceased member and under the age of 18 years, but does leave a mother or father surviving who is entirely dependent upon such member for support, such mother or father shall receive the same total pension to which a surviving spouse would have been entitled, unless and until such dependent mother or father becomes self-supporting, dies, or remarries.

(2)

If a deceased member has not received any retirement moneys under the terms and provisions of this retirement plan and leaves no surviving widow or widower, child who is the issue of such deceased member and under the age of 18 years, or dependent mother or father, then one-half of the amount deducted from the member's salary up to the effective date of Laws of Fla. ch. 72-632, § 3, as amended, and all of said deductions made thereafter, shall be paid to that certain individual who has previously been designated in writing by the deceased member to receive such deductions. The written designation, signed and dated by the member, shall be filed with the secretary of the pension board and shall indicate only one individual. Said designation may be changed by the member at any time prior to death.

(3)

If the deceased member leaves no surviving widow or widower, child who is the issue of such deceased member and under the age of 18 years, no dependent mother or father, and no individual designated to receive the member deductions, then and in that event the amount of the deductions from the member's salary as set forth in subsection (2) shall be paid to the deceased member's estate.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 22414(1943), § 13; Laws of Fla. ch. 74-555, § 1; Laws of Fla. ch. 95-482, § 13)