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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970
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States Code, his military and civilian service which is creditable under so Stat. 570. section 8332 of that title. a 1 Stat. 214; " (b) Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent a widow or wddower ss Stat. 831. eligible therefor from simultaneously receiving a survivor annuity under this subchapter and any other annuity (survivor or otherw^ise) or retired pay to which he or she would otherwise be entitled under any other law without regard to this subchapter. However, in computing the survivor annuity of that widow or widower under this subchapter, service used in the computation of such other annuity shall not be credited. "(c) If a judge who has elected a survivor annuity dies in regular active service or after having retired from such service with at least five years of allowable service under this section for which payments have been withheld or deposits made, the survivor annuity shall be paid as follows: "(1) If the judge is survived by a widow or widower but no child, the widow or widower shall receive, beginning on the day after the judge dies, an amount computed as provided in subsection (e). "(2) If the judge is survived by a widow or widower and one or more children— " (A) the widow or widower shall receive an immediate annuity in the amount computed as provided in subsection (e); and " (B) there also shall be paid to or on behalf of each such child an immediate annuity equal to one-half the amount of the annuity of such widow or widower, but not to exceed the lesser of (i) $2,700 per year divided by the number of such children or (ii) $900 per child per year. "(3) If the judge leaves no surviving widow or widower but leaves a surviving child or children, there shall be paid to or on behalf of each such child an immediate annuity equal to the amount of the annuity to which the widow or widower would have been entitled under paragraph (1) of this subsection had he or she survived, but not to exceed the lesser of (A) $3,240 per year divided by the number of children or (B) $1,080 per child per year. A n annuity payable to a widow or widower under this section shall be terminable upon death or remarriage. The annuity payable to a child shall be terminable upon his death or marriage or his ceasing to be a child as defined in section 11-1561(8). In case of the death of a widow or widower of a judge leaving a child or children of the judge surviving, the annuity of such child or children shall be recomputed and paid as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection. In any case in which the annuity of a child is terminated, the annuities of any remaining child or children, based upon the service of the same judge, shall be recomputed and paid as though the child whose annuity was terminated had not survived the judge. " (d) Questions of disability or other eligibility requirements of a child under this section shall be determined by the Commissioner who may order such medical or other examinations at any time as he deems necessary with respect to determining the facts concerning the disability of a child receiving or applying for an annuity under this subchapter. An annuity may be denied or suspended for failure to submit to examination. "(e) The annuity of a widow or widower of a judge electing survivor annuity shall be an amount equal to the sum of— "(1) 11/4 per centum of the average annual salary received for service allowable under subsection (a) during the last three years of such service prior to death or retirement multiplied by the sum
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