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It's Supposed to Go to Whom? Beneficiary Designation in Governmental Defined Contribution Plans
Best Best & Krieger LLP Mar. 31, 2015 "In most private industry plans, federal law requires that the spouse be the automatic death benefit beneficiary of the participant's interest under the plan or that the spouse consent to any beneficiary designation that doesn't name them as the sole primary beneficiary. Not always so in governmental plans.... [In] many cases, local governments are using generic plan documents that don't even recognize the fact that the respective interests of the participant and the spouse may be governed by state community property laws." |
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