Act of Military Service for Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Armed Forces Article 38

If Officers or Non-commissioned Officers receiving the pension or alimony have set up their wills before death and had assigned the Lump Sum Survivor Benefits or being changed to receive Survivor Annuity, for those who are listed as bereaved in Paragraph 2 of the preceding Article shall follow their wills. However, the receiving rate for the minor children of Officers or Non-commissioned Officers receiving the pension or alimony shall not be lower than the original receiving rate.If Officers or Non-commissioned Officers receiving the pension or alimony did not set up their wills before death and the bereaved of the same order cannot coordinate to select the Lump Sum Survivor Benefits of the same kind or being changed to receiving Survivor Annuity, then it is up to the bereaved to choose the kind of payment and receive it in accordance with the regulated rate in Paragraph 3 of the preceding Article, separately.