Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation for the Teaching and Other Staff Members of Public Schools Article 48

If the retired staff member made a will before death, and designated a recipient or recipients of the lump-sum survivor benefit or survivor annuity from among the survivors set out in Article 43, paragraph 1, the staff member's will shall prevail. However, the proportion to be received by any minor child of the retired staff member may not be lower than the proportion that child would originally have been entitled to receive.If the retired staff member did not make a will before death and the survivors at the same order of precedence are unable to come to agreement and make a uniform choice for either the lump-sum survivor benefit or the survivor annuity, the survivors may each make their own respective choice, and the proceeds shall be distributed in the proportion determined in accordance with Article 43, paragraph 1.