D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B1150

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 6-B1150 - PAYMENT OF MONEY DUE - SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS (DECEASED EMPLOYEES)

1150.1

In this section, the following term has the meaning ascribed:

Money due - the pay and allowances due on account of the services of a deceased employee of the District of Columbia government, not including benefits payable under Title 5 of the U.S. Code.

1150.2

The personnel authority shall notify each employee of his or her right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive money due, and of the disposition of money due if a beneficiary is not designated.

1150.3

An employee who designates a beneficiary or beneficiaries under § 1150.2 shall file the designation in writing with the Office of Pay and Retirement Services or with his or her servicing personnel office, which shall then forward the designation to the Office of Pay and Retirement Services.

1150.4

An employee may file, change, or revoke a designation at any time, which shall become effective on the date received in the Office of Pay and Retirement Services.

1150.5

In order to facilitate settlement of accounts of a deceased employee, money due an employee at the time of his or her death shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date of death, in the following order of precedence:

(a) First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the employee in writing;

(b) Second, if there is no designated beneficiary, to the widow or widower of the employee;

(c) Third, if none of the above, to the child or children of the employee and descendants of deceased children by representation;

(d) Fourth, if none of the above, equally to the parents of the employee or the survivor of them;

(e) Fifth, if none of the above, to the duly appointed legal representative of the employee's estate; and

(f) Sixth, if none of the above, to the person or persons entitled under the laws of the employee's domicile at the time of the employee's death.

1150.6

A legal separation agreement shall not divest the widow or widower of a deceased employee of his or her right to unpaid compensation in the absence of the designation of another beneficiary.

1150.7

No payment of money due shall be made to an heir or beneficiary of a deceased employee if that heir or beneficiary is found guilty of feloniously killing the employee upon whose death the payments become due.

1150.8

Payment under § 1150.5 shall bar recovery by another party or parties of the amounts so paid.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B1150

Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 934 (February 4, 2005)