[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR234.14]

[Page 494]
 
                      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.