(A) If a distribution is to be made to a minor beneficiary, any payment(s) may, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, be paid to a responsible person according to the following order:
(1) As instructed by an appropriate court;
(2) To the duly appointed and currently acting guardian or conservator of the beneficiary;
(3) To the custodial parent of the beneficiary;
(4) To a responsible adult with whom the beneficiary maintains his or her residence;
(5) To a responsible adult who is a relative of the beneficiary;
(6) To a custodian for the beneficiary under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act or Uniform Gifts to Minors Act;
(7) To the court having jurisdiction over the estate of the beneficiary; and
(8) To any person determined by the Plan Administrator to be a proper recipient for the beneficiary.
(B) This payment shall be in full satisfaction of all claims. The Plan Administrator has no duty to supervise or inquire into the application of any amount(s) so paid.
(C) If, at the time a distribution begins, the beneficiary is a minor and the Plan Administrator begins payments to another person under this section, the Plan Administrator may continue all payments under the distribution to the other person notwithstanding that the beneficiary may have attained full age unless the beneficiary files a written claim according to all of the requirements of the plan, including furnishing satisfactory evidence that he or she is of full age.
(Ord. NIRC 97-1, passed 1-15-1997)