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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 6. PERSONNEL |
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SubTilte 6-B. GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL |
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Chapter 6-B22. LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS |
Section 6-B2216. DEATH CLAIMS-ORDER OF PRECEDENCE-DCEGLI
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2216.1The amount of group life insurance in force on an employee or annuitant at the date of his or her death shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to the person or persons surviving at the date of the death of the employee or annuitant, in the following order of precedence:
(a)To the assignee, if any, pursuant to a viatical settlement as provided in Section 2221 of this chapter;
(b)To the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the employee or annuitant of file with the employer executed and filed before death in a manner prescribed by the Director of the DCHR;
(c)If there is no designated beneficiary, to the widow or widower of the employee or annuitant;
(d)If none of the above, to the child or children of the employee or annuitant and descendants of a deceased child or children by representation;
(e)If none of the above, to the parents or parent of the employee or annuitant;
(f)If none of the above, to the duly appointed personal representative of the estate of the employee or annuitant; and
(g)If none of the above, to the other next of kin of the employee or annuitant under the laws of the domicile of the employee or annuitant at the date of death.
2216.2If no claim has been filed by any of the persons set forth in Subsection 2216.1 of this section within four (4) years of the date of death of an employee or annuitant, the funds shall be deposited into the General Fund of the District of Columbia to be kept for safekeeping and disbursed in accordance with the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (D.C. Law 3-160; D.C. Official Code §§ 42-201 et seq.).