When you die, your eligible spouse or named beneficiary will begin receiving benefits in the percentage you designated at retirement.
If you marry after retirement, your new spouse is not a beneficiary of the clergy pension plan. However, within 180 days of your marriage you may elect to provide your new spouse with a survivor's benefit by reducing your own pension. Please contact us for the necessary form and calculations.
If you are divorced after retirement, the person to whom you were married at the time of retirement is still entitled to the automatic surviving spouse benefit you elected at retirement.
Details about:
Survivors' benefits
Divorce after retirement