Green v. Myers

When Claude Don Green died he had on deposit with the Retirement Board of the Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Fund) approximately $13,200. Under the provisions of the Illinois Pension Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. IO8J2, par. 8 — 171), that money would be paid to the widow in the form of an annuity in the amount of approximately $134 per month or, absent a widow, the entire amount would be paid in a lump sum to the heirs. The plaintiffs, Steven and Lynne Green, are the children of Claude Don Green. In this action, they contend that the Fund is about to distribute to…