[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: 5CFR1651.12]

[Page 276]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1651_DEATH BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1651.12  Homicide.

    If the participant's death is the result of a homicide, a 
beneficiary will not be paid as long as the beneficiary is under 
investigation by local, state or Federal law enforcement authorities as 
a suspect. If the beneficiary is convicted of, or pleads guilty to, a 
crime in connection with the participant's death which would preclude 
the beneficiary from inheriting under state law, the beneficiary will 
not be entitled to receive any portion of the participant's account. The 
Board will follow the state law of the participant's domicile as that 
law is set forth in a civil court judgment (that, under the law of the 
state, would protect the Board from double liability or payment) or, in 
the absence of such a judgment, will apply state law to the facts after 
all criminal appeals are exhausted. The Board will treat the beneficiary 
as if he or she predeceased the participant and the account will be paid 
in accordance with Sec.  1651.10.