§ 27000 Death Benefit Payment Rules

• •If someone who is part of a plan dies, their family or chosen person gets money.
• •The family or chosen person must show proof that the person died to get the money.
• •This rule started in 1996.

A dad has a job with a death benefit. He passes away.

His wife shows the company a death certificate. The company then gives her the money from the death benefit.