[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: 5CFR1651.9] [Page 275] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD PART 1651_DEATH BENEFITS--Table of Contents Sec. 1651.9 Participant's next of kin. If the account is to be paid to the participant's next of kin under Sec. 1651.2(a)(6), the next of kin of the participant will be determined in accordance with the state law of the participant's domicile at the time of death.