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If there are no surviving children, the member’s spouse may waive, in writing, wholly or partially, the spouse’s entitlement to a survivor benefit. A designated beneficiary may be a trust created under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 501B, if the survivor benefit will be distributed as a lump sum payment. If a trust was created and is payable to the surviving children and there is no surviving spouse, the survivor benefit may be paid to the trust. Section 44A Less Than 20 Years Service Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bylaws, a member who separates from active service and who has been a member of this Association for at least ten (10) years, but less than twenty (20) years, and who has completed not less than ten (10) years of active service as an active firefighter, shall upon attaining the age of fifty (50) years be entitled to receive a lump sum service pension in such amount as is earned to the date of separation from active service for each full year of service completed as follows: COMPLETED YEARS PRO RATE SERVICE OF SERVICE PENSION AMOUNT 10 60% 11 64% 12 68% 13 72% 14 76% 15 80% 16 84% 17 88% 18 92% 19 96% 20 and thereafter 100% Qualification for receipt of benefits shall be conclusively determined by the Board of Trustees only upon completion of the following by the separating member: 1. Execution of a Severance Statement and Acknowledgment of Forfeiture by the member in the form provided by the Association, within thirty (30) days next following separation from active service. 2. Within thirty (30) days next fFollowing the attainment of the age of fifty (50) years by a separated member, the separated member shall make application for the lump sum benefit provided herein, on a form provided by the Association and file same with the Association’s Secretary. Said Application may contain the election to receive the lump sum benefits in up