Sec. 121.207. - Orphans' benefits.

In lieu of the child's pension benefit payable to orphans pursuant to Laws of Fla. Ch. 18615(1937), § 6, as amended; or Laws of Fla. Ch. 23259(1945), as amended; unmarried children of any employee or pensioner entitled to a pension under the pension fund who: (a) Have not reached their eighteenth birthday whether or not they are a qualified student, or have not reached their twenty-second birthday, provided they are a qualified student as defined in subsection 121.206 (e), and (b) Shall become orphans by reason of the death of their surviving parent, Shall receive as an increased pension benefit, individually if there is only one eligible child or jointly and equally if there is more than one eligible child, an amount equal to the benefit which would have been paid to a surviving spouse without children. The pension shall cease to be paid to orphans as they reach their eighteenth birthday (subject to continuance in the event of their status as a qualified student) or marry, but in cases of a joint pension the full amount thereof shall continue to be paid to the orphan or orphans still remaining eligible. (Ord. 71-862-476, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 93-1773-1045, § 2; Ord. 97-340-E, § 5; Ord. 2000-704-E, § 4)