(a) âDependent childâ or âdependent childrenâ under the disability retirement and survivor benefit allowance programs means a memberâs offspring or stepchild who is under 21 years of age and who is financially dependent upon the member on the effective date of the memberâs disability retirement or the date of the memberâs death. (b) âOffspringâ shall include the memberâs child who is born within the 10-month period commencing on the earlier of the memberâs disability retirement effective date or the date of the memberâs death. (c) âOffspringâ shall include a child adopted by the member. (d) âDependent childâ shall not include the memberâs offspring or stepchild who is adopted by a person other than the memberâs spouse. (e) âDependent childâ under the survivor benefit allowance program shall not include a stepchild or adopted child acquired subsequent to the death of the member. (f) âFinancially dependentâ for purposes of this section means that at least one-half of the childâs support was being provided by the member on the memberâs disability retirement effective date or the date of the memberâs death. The system may require that income tax records or other data be submitted to substantiate the childâs financial dependence. In the absence of substantiating documentation, the system may determine that the child was not dependent on the effective date of the memberâs disability retirement or the date of the memberâs death. (g) âMemberâ as used in this section shall have the same meaning specified in Section 23850.
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