Guam § 7102 - Designation of Beneficiary; Order of Precedence.

§ 7102. Designation of Beneficiary; Order of Precedence.

(a) The employing department or agency shall notify each employee of

his right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive money due

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and of the disposition of money due if a beneficiary is not designated. An

employee may change or revoke a designation at any time under such

regulations as the Director of Administration may prescribe.

(b) In order to facilitate the settlement of the accounts of deceased

employees, money due an employee at time of death shall be paid to the

person or persons surviving at the time of death, in the following order of

precedence and payment bars recovery by another person of amounts so

paid:

FIRST, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the

employee in writing received by the employing department or agency

before his death.

SECOND, if there is no designated beneficiary, to the widow or widower of the

employee.

THIRD, if none of the above, to the child or children of the

employee and descendants of deceased children by representation.

FOURTH, if none of the above, to the duly appointed legal

representative of the estate of the employee.