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Welfare and Pension Trusts
11.3 Death of Spouse After Retirement – Spousal Substitution
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If you were married on your Retirement Date and selected a Joint Annuity with your Spouse as Joint Annuitant and your Spouse subsequently dies and you remarry, you may substitute your new Spouse as your Joint Annuitant. The change will take effect the first of the month following the date the Pension Trust receives your application, provided you and your new Spouse are still living at the end of the required two-year qualification period, and you submit thefollowing documents:
- former Spouse’s death certificate;
- new Spouse’s birth certificate; and
- certificate of marriage to new Spouse