[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR48.301]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 48--RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION PLAN--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--Designation of Beneficiaries
 
Sec. 48.301  Designation.


    (a) All legal beneficiaries described in Sec. 48.102 must be named 
at the date of retirement pursuant to the option elected. Although a 
member without dependents may make an election, it will not be effective 
unless he has eligible dependents at the time of his retirement.
    (b) When a change in family status occurs prior to retirement which 
would effect a change as provided in Sec. 48.204(e), new DD Form 
1688,1 Election of Options, Retired Servicemen's Family 
Protection Plan, should be filed to evidence such change.
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    \1\ See footnote 1 to Sec. 48.205.
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