§234.14. Payment to an equitably entitled person.

20 C.F.R. § 234.14

(a)

An equitably entitled person's funds used to pay burial expenses may consist of:

(1)

The individual's own money;

(2)

Money in a joint account with the employee or another individual;

(3)

Money paid to an individual who was named beneficiary to receive the money;

(4)

A promissory note; or

(5)

Money which several people placed into a pooled fund.

(b)

Payment is made to equitably entitled persons in the following order—

(1)

The person who paid the funeral home expenses;

(2)

The person who paid the grave opening and closing expenses;

(3)

The person who provided the burial plot; and

(4)

The person who paid any type of expenses not listed in paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this section.

Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

Source: 51 FR 3036, Jan. 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted.