[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1651.11]

[Page 275-276]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1651_DEATH BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1651.11  Simultaneous death.

    If a beneficiary dies at the same time as the participant, the 
beneficiary will be treated as if he or she predeceased

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the participant and the account will be paid in accordance with Sec.  
1651.10. The same time is considered to be the same hour and minute as 
indicated on a death certificate. If the participant and beneficiary are 
killed in the same event, death is presumed to be simultaneous, unless 
evidence is presented to the contrary.