20 C.F.R. § 234.14 Payment to an equitably entitled person.
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
(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.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 234—LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS
Subpart B—Lump-Sum Death Payment
§ 234.14 Payment to an equitably entitled person.