[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR234.32]

[Page 475]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 234_LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C_Annuities Due but Unpaid at Death
 
Sec. 234.32  Spouse or divorced spouse annuities.

    A spouse annuity or divorced spouse annuity which is unpaid at the 
death of the spouse or divorced spouse is paid in the following order 
and amounts:
    (a) The employee receives the full amount.
    (b) If the employee died before negotiating the check in payment of 
the unpaid annuities, the unpaid spouse annuity or divorced spouse 
annuity is paid in the same order and amounts as described in Sec. 
234.31 (b) through (f).