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20 C.F.R. § 404.392   Who is entitled to the lump-sum death payment when there is no widow(er) who was living in the same household.

Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950– )
Subpart D—Old-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability
Lump-Sum Death Payment

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§ 404.392   Who is entitled to the lump-sum death payment when there is no widow(er) who was living in the same household.

(a) General. If the insured individual is not survived by a widow(er) who meets the requirements of §404.391, the lump-sum death payment shall be paid as follows:

(1) To a person who is entitled (or would have been entitled had a timely application been filed) to widow's or widower's benefits (as described in §404.335) or mother's or father's benefits (as described in §404.339) on the work record of the deceased worker for the month of that worker's death; or

(2) If no person described in (1) survives, in equal shares to each person who is entitled (or would have been entitled had a timely application been filed) to child's benefits (as described in §404.350) on the work record of the deceased worker for the month of that worker's death.

(b) Application requirement. A person who meets the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section need not apply to receive the lump-sum death payment if, for the month prior to the death of the insured, that person was entitled to wife's or husband's benefits on the insured's earnings record. Otherwise, an application must be filed within 2 years of the insured's death.

[48 FR 21929, May 16, 1983; 61 FR 41330, Aug. 8, 1996]