[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: 20CFR222.4]



[Page 431]

 

                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 222_FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  222.4  Homicide of employee.



    No person convicted of the felonious and intentional homicide of an 

employee can be entitled to an annuity or lump-sum payment based on the 

employee's earnings record (service and compensation). Further, the 

convicted person is considered not to exist in deciding the rights of 

other persons to annuity or lump-sum payments. A minor may be denied a 

survivor annuity or lump-sum payment on the earnings record of a parent 

if the minor was convicted of intentionally causing the parent's death 

by an act which would be considered a felony if committed by an adult.