Difference between revisions of "Next Steps to Take After the Death"

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 '''If your <span class="noglossary">spouse</span> was receiving a government or private pension''', you may be entitled to a portion of the pension as the surviving <span class="noglossary">spouse</span>. Check with each agency.
-'''If your deceased family member a veteran, member of a union, or receiving a pension from another country''', there may be pension benefits for survivors. For pensions, the estate or the survivor is entitled to keep the cheques issued in the month of your deceased family member’s death. ''Note'': This applies to you if you are a dependent child of a <span class="noglossary">parent</span> who has died.
+'''If your deceased family member was a veteran, member of a union, or receiving a pension from another country''', there may be pension benefits for survivors. For pensions, the estate or the survivor is entitled to keep the cheques issued in the month of your deceased family member’s death. ''Note'': This applies to you if you are a dependent child of a <span class="noglossary">parent</span> who has died.
 '''If the family member paid into the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)''', the death benefit is payable to the estate or survivor. CPP survivor benefits may be payable if the deceased  is your <span class="noglossary">spouse</span> and you are under 60 or if you are a surviving child under 18 years of age or between the ages of 18 and 25 if attending school full-time.