North Dakota Century Code Title 40. Municipal Government § 40-45-13. Payments to surviving spouse, children, and surviving parents upon death of active or retired member

1. To the surviving spouse, as long as the surviving spouse remains unmarried, a sum not less than fifty dollars per month and not more than sixty percent of the deceased spouse's police retirement benefits.

2. If there is no surviving spouse, or upon the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse, then to the deceased member's dependent father or mother, if both survive, or to either dependent parent if one survives, the sum of forty dollars per month.

3. To the guardian of each surviving child under eighteen years of age, a sum not less than twenty-five dollars per month and not more than fifty dollars per month.