CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Death of a Spouse
......Effect on Property Issues
.........Former Beneficiary Designations
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To extent it applies to ERISA plans, Wash. statute, which provides that designation of a spouse as beneficiary of nonprobate asset is revoked on divorce, is preempted by ERISA.

Failure to show that spouse intended post-dissolution gift precludes former wife from recovering as beneficiary of retirement benefits when H failed to change beneficiary designation.