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The Board of Trustees shall establish from time to time the form of Application required to be submitted with such supporting documents as may be necessary, by an applicant for death or service pension benefits. In the event that the Board of Trustees shall determine that payments made to a Pensioner, a Surviving Spouse or to a minor child or minor children, in error, the Board of Trustees shall be entitled to reclaim the erroneous payments without interest and the recipient by acceptance of the payment, agrees to forthwith reimburse the Association to the full extent of payments made in error. All applications for benefits must include a certified copy of the death certificate of the pensioner. Section 44 Lump Sum Service Pension The Board of Trustees is authorized, at the option of the eligible retiring member, to pay a service pension to the retiring member in a lump sum, or upon written election of the retiring member, in up to three (3) consecutive annual installments. The amount of the payment pursuant to this Section 44, whether payable in a lump sum or on an installment basis shall be determined by reference pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §424A.02 Subds. 3 and 8, incorporated by reference, and shall be the not exceed the aggregate of the Maximum Lump Sum Service Pension amount payable for each Year of Service as determined and adjusted therein for installment payment. Any person electing to receive, a lump sum or installment distribution as provided herein, shall thereby waive any right or claim to share in increases in the pension benefits payable, if any. In the event that the Pensioner dies after making such election but before receiving the lump sum, or dies in the course of the three (3) year installment payment period, the benefit so elected shall be paid, as elected, to the surviving minor children pro rata. If there shall be no Surviving Spouse or minor children, payment of benefits shall not be made or shall cease, if previously commenced. A survivor benefit, as elected, shall be disbursed to the member’s surviving spouse upon the death of a member who dies after making such election but before receiving the lump sum or dies in the course of the three (3) year installment period. If there is no surviving spouse, the benefit shall be disbursed to the member’s surviving children. If there is no surviving spouse and there are no surviving children, the benefit shall be disbursed to the member’s designated beneficiary. If no beneficiary has been designated, the benefit shall be paid as a death benefit to the estate if the deceased member was an active or deferred firefighter at the time of death.