{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-22970.78","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 22970.78","heading":"","body":"In the event the participant dies without a valid beneficiary designation on file, any balance remaining in the participant’s account shall be payable to the participant’s survivors in the following order:\n(a) The participant’s spouse.\n(b) The participant’s natural or adopted children.\n(c) The participant’s parents.\n(d) The participant’s estate.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","PART 8. SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS PROGRAM [22970. - 22970.89.]","CHAPTER 10. Beneficiary [22970.75. - 22970.78.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"a6f694d1f89343fbe0cf4d3963d8c36727fa22f4b90a75f42d722c7d20e33256","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-22970.77","next":"us-ca/gov-22970.80"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}