10(1)Subject to subsection 11(9), if a judge described in subsection 9(1) does not leave a surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner or if a surviving spouse’s pension or surviving common-law partner’s pension is not payable or ceases to be payable under this Act, a dependent children’s pension equal to the surviving spouse’s pension or surviving common-law partner’s pension that was being or could have been paid under section 9 shall be paid in equal shares to the judge’s dependent children.