[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: 20CFR234.14]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 234_LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart B_Lump-Sum Death Payment

 

Sec.  234.14  Payment to an equitably entitled person.



    (a) An equitably entitled person's funds used to pay burial expenses 

may consist of:

    (1) The individual's own money;

    (2) Money in a joint account with the employee or another 

individual;

    (3) Money paid to an individual who was named beneficiary to receive 

the money;

    (4) A promissory note; or

    (5) Money which several people placed into a pooled fund.

    (b) Payment is made to equitably entitled persons in the following 

order:

    (1) The person who paid the funeral home expenses;

    (2) The person who paid the grave opening and closing expenses;

    (3) The person who provided the burial plot; and

    (4) The person who paid any type of expenses not listed in 

paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this section.