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Death of alternative payee before designating beneficiary
Guest posted a topic in Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)
My husband was the alternate payee as a result of a QDRO from his first marriage, the divorce was finalized in 1985, and at that time he assigned his sister as his beneficiary, long before we met and married. We married in 2002, and although he contacted the retirement center of the QDRO with the intention to modify his beneficiary election, he was told that it couldn't be done until he started receiving benefits. He was supposed to start receiving benefits in Dec 2014, and requested the documents to start the process to receive payments, but he died last month (sept), the documents arrived 2 days after his death, he didn't get a chance to sign them and assign me as his beneficiary. Where do I stand now? Do I, as his wife for the last 12 years have any chance of receiving the benefit despite the fact that he didn't get to assign me in writing? Please help.