[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1651.10]

[Page 277-278]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1651--DEATH BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1651.10  Deceased and non-existent beneficiaries.

    (a) Designated beneficiary dies before participant. The share of any 
beneficiary designated on a Form TSP-3 or Form TSP-11-B who predeceases 
the participant will be paid pro rata to other designated 
beneficiary(ies). If there are no designated beneficiaries who survive 
the participant, the account will be paid to the person(s) determined to 
be the beneficiary(ies) under the order of precedence set forth in 
Sec. 1651.2(a).
    (b) Trust designated as beneficiary but not in existence. If a trust 
or other entity that has been designated as a beneficiary does not exist 
on the date of death of the participant, or if it is not created by will 
or other document that is effective upon the participant's death, the 
amount will be paid in accordance with the rules of paragraph (a) of 
this section, as if the trust were a beneficiary that predeceased the 
participant.
    (c) Non-designated beneficiary dies before participant. If a 
beneficiary other than a beneficiary designated on a Form TSP-3 or a 
Form TSP-11-B (i.e., a beneficiary by virtue of the order of precedence) 
dies before the participant, the beneficiary's share will be paid 
equally to other living beneficiary(ies) bearing the same relationship 
to the participant as the deceased beneficiary. However, if the deceased 
beneficiary is a child of the participant, payment will be made to the 
deceased child's descendants, if any. If there are no other 
beneficiaries bearing the same relationship or, in the case of children, 
there are no descendants of deceased children, the deceased 
beneficiary's share will be paid to the person(s) next in line according 
to the order of precedence.
    (d) Beneficiary dies after participant but before payment. If a 
beneficiary dies after the participant, the beneficiary's share will be 
paid to the beneficiary's estate.
    (e) Death certificate. A copy of a beneficiary's certified death 
certificate is

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required in order to establish that the beneficiary has died.