No beneficiary & community property state

[benefitsguru]

An IRA owner dies without a beneficiary but lives in a community property state. Don't the IRA proceeds go to his spouse (as if the spouse was listed as the beneficiary on the beneficiary form)? Thanks in advance!

[GMK]

This may help:

http://benefitslink.com/boards/index.php?/topic/47220-no-beneficiary-named-under-a-traditional-ira-but-the-spouse-is-the-sole-beneficiary-and-the-executor-of-the-estate/