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What Happens to Your Federal Employee Benefits if You Die While Still Working?
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TSP of deceased spouse
DHS USCG
Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:18 AM
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If the spouse of a federal employee is a retired federal employee but took out her TSP and placed in a diversified portfolio, can she keep her spouses's TSP in the TSP?
Survivor Benefits Annunity
DOL/OSHA
Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:31 AM
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I am under the FERS system and divorced. At this time in my life I actually want my ex-spouse to receive my benefits to help raise our children. I currently have 20 years of service. Would my ex-spouse be entitled to a full survivor annunity?
Re: Survivor Benefits Annunity
OPM
Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:09 AM
the article
SEC-Boston
Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:35 AM
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what if you are w/FERS, not married but have a life partner,?? but he is your beneficiary, will he get what is due to him??
Re: the article
OPM
Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:01 PM
Life partner
VA
Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:56 AM
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I had a feeling that the life partner will get the life insurance, TSP, annual leave, credit hour, and comp time, but not the health insurance and survivor benefit since the latter part require a marriage certificate. That is if the life partner is designated in one's Official Personnel Folder (OPF).
Re: Life partner
DOL
Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:05 PM
What about me?
DOL
Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:03 AM
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If you are under FERS, your domestic partner who is joint-owner, joint-contributor, joint-debtor of everything you own, who will continue raising the children, sending them to college, running the household, farm, etc. will receive a lump of coal.
Notice that gay and lesbian employees and families are not mentioned in the article because we do not exist -- just like in Iran.
Re: What about me?
DOL
Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:31 PM
Re: What about me?
DOL
Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:46 AM
Re: What about me?
Fed Agency
Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:55 PM
Re: What about me?
DOL
Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:11 AM
I do not live in an alimony state; if one partner is the birth mother, the other adopts so that both are legal parents and liable for child support; because things such as real property, bank accounts, automobiles, mutual fund accounts, etc. are usually jointly owned, a split-up can involve lawyers -- but possibly be less costly because of less drama and hostility.
Survivor Annuity
USEPA
Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:20 AM
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What happens if I was a single employee for most of my working years and much later in life decide to get married. How can I alter my spouse entitlement to full annuity? I think my benefitiaries should come before someone I have only been married to for a few years.
What happens to benefits if I die while employed
Social Security Adm
Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:29 AM
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If I do not have a surviving spouse, what happens to my CSRS contributions? What about the government's share contributed for me?