Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 84 of 1909 - Military Establishment (32.1 - 32.85)
Section 32.49d - Retirement Pay; Death of Retired Officer or Enlisted Person; Benefits to Which Surviving Spouse Entitled; “Surviving Spouse” Defined.

Sec. 49d.
(1) If an officer or enlisted person who, prior to the effective date of this section, has retired under section 49 and has served not less than 20 years of full-time employment on actual state duty in support of the full-time operation of the state military establishment, dies and leaves a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse shall be entitled to 50% of the retirement pay which the officer or enlisted person was receiving prior to his or her death. The surviving spouse shall receive the benefit provided in this section until his or her death.
(2) "Surviving spouse" means, for purposes of this section, a person to whom an officer or enlisted person was married at the time of his or her death.
History: Add. 1982, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1982

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 32 - Military Establishment

Act 84 of 1909 - Military Establishment (32.1 - 32.85)

Section 32.1-32.33 - Repealed. 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967.

Section 32.34 - Repealed. 1957, Act 297, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957.

Section 32.35 - Michigan National Guard Retired Officers List.

Section 32.36-32.41 - Repealed. 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967.

Section 32.42 - Repealed. 1957, Act 297, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957.

Section 32.43-32.45a - Repealed. 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967.

Section 32.45b - Repealed. 1970, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Aug. 2, 1970.

Section 32.45c-32.48 - Repealed. 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967.

Section 32.49 - National Guard; Retirement Compensation; Temporary Service, Compensation.

Section 32.49a - National Guard; Retirement Age, Physical Disqualification, Eligibility for Re-Commission.

Section 32.49b - National Guard; Officers' Retirement Pay; Application for Retirement to Retirement Boards, Findings.

Section 32.49c - Retirement Pay or Pension of Military Disability or Service; Evidence of Amount, Deduction.

Section 32.49d - Retirement Pay; Death of Retired Officer or Enlisted Person; Benefits to Which Surviving Spouse Entitled; “Surviving Spouse” Defined.

Section 32.50-32.53 - Repealed. 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967.

Section 32.54-32.60 - Repealed. 1957, Act 297, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957.

Section 32.61-32.66 - Repealed. 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967.

Section 32.67 - Repealed. 1957, Act 214, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1957.

Section 32.68-32.85 - Repealed. 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967.