8.3.1.1 Amounts Payable

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

. A surviving spouse is entitled to a monthly benefit in an amount equal to 66-2/3% of the deceased employee’s average monthly wage.^[23] The benefit terminates with the spouse’s death or remarriage.^[24] In the event the surviving spouse remarries, he or she is entitled to a lump sum payment equal to two years’ benefits.^[25] If the remarriage is annulled, however, the death benefit may be reinstated.^[26]

The death benefit payable to a surviving spouse is increased if the deceased employee had children. For each child, the benefit is increased by an amount equal to 15% of the decedent’s average monthly wage, with the total amount payable to the surviving spouse not to exceed...