Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jun. 04, 2019
Whether Petitioner, as a surviving minor child, is entitled to benefits from the Florida Retirement System (FRS), instead of the beneficiaries designated by the FRS member on the form provided by the Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement (Department). Alternatively stated, the issue is what effect, if any, did the marriage and subsequent divorce of the FRS member to the minor child's mother have on his previous designation of beneficiaries, pursuant to section 121.091, Florida Statutes (2018).1/Petitioner failed to prove that FRS member's minor child is entitled to receive benefits instead of the beneficiaries designated by the FRS member.
