SSS DEATH BENEFIT, MAPUPUNTA BA SA LEGAL WIFE NA HIWALAY NA O SA KINAKASAMA NA MAY ANAK?

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Section 8(e) and (k) of R. A. No. 8282 is very clear. Section 8(e) and (k) of R.A. No. 8282 provides:
SEC. 8. Terms Defined.—For the purposes of this Act, the following terms shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:
(e) Dependents — The dependent shall be the following:
(1) The legal spouse entitled by law to receive support from the member;
2) The legitimate, legitimated, or legally adopted, and illegitimate child who is unmarried, not gainfully employed and has not reached twenty-one years (21) of age, or if over twenty-one (21) years of age, he is congenitally or while still a minor has been permanently incapacitated and incapable of self-support, physically or mentally; and
3) The parent who is receiving regular support from the member.
(k) Beneficiaries — The dependent spouse until he or she remarries, the dependent legitimate, legitimated or legally adopted, and illegitimate children, who shall be the primary beneficiaries of the member: Provided, That the dependent illegitimate children shall be entitled to fifty percent (50%) of the share of the legitimate, legitimated or legally adopted children: Provided, further, That in the absence of the dependent legitimate, legitimated or legally adopted children of the member, his/her dependent illegitimate children shall be entitled to one hundred percent (100%) of the benefits. In their absence, the dependent parents who shall be the secondary beneficiaries of the member. In the absence of all of the foregoing, any other person designated by the member as his/her secondary beneficiary.