Life and Career Changes

Changes to your job and personal circumstances may impact your retirement benefit. This section describes the significant life and career events that can impact your retirement benefits. If you have any questions about how these or other life events affect your benefits, please contact our office.

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Leaving City Employment

If you leave your City job, you have several choices when it comes to your COAERS membership. See what options are available to you.

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Marriage or Children

If you are married or have children, your beneficiaries are entitled to certain benefits under the COAERS Plan. Ensuring your beneficiary designations are up to date is particularly important to make sure your loved ones are taken care of.

Divorce or Separation

Texas is a community property state, so any COAERS benefits you earn during marriage may be divided by a court in a divorce proceeding. If, during a…

Disability

In the event a Member of COAERS becomes disabled because of a medical condition, he or she may be entitled to receive amonthly disability retirement…

Report a Death

In the event of a death of either a member or survivor annuitant, please contact COAERS immediately at (512) 458-2551 to report a death. We will need…

Proportionate Retirement Program

If you have participated in certain other public retirement systems in Texas, you may be able to combine your service credit from those retirement…

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