b'OTHER NEWS & INFORMA ONOTHER NEWS & INFORMA TION TINEXT OF KIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION We highly recommend that all members and survivors complete a Next of Kin form. With this form on file, LAFPP can easily find the next of kin (your closest living relative) and deliver your final pension payment. There have been cases where, following a members/survivors death, LAFPP was unable to locate a family member to whom the funds of the final payment could be released. Having the Next of Kin form on file allows LAFPP to contact your next of kin in a timely manner and ensure proper delivery of your final payment.Please note that the Next of Kin form does not affect yourThe Next of Kin form is different from a beneficiary form. As initial pension calculation or your monthly payments in any way.such, the Next of Kin form will not be used to update your You may also amend the form as often as you wish.beneficiariesandviceversa.Beneficiaryformsareusedby The Next of Kin form is added to your file for the sole purpose ofactive employee members to designate beneficiaries to receive assisting LAFPP staff in processing your final pension paymenta refund of their pension contributions.in the event of your death, or your survivors death, shouldIf you would like to complete and submit a Next of Kin form, we receive notice from anyone other than your next of kin.please download the form from our website (lafpp.lacity.gov/For example, LAFPP may be notified of your death by outsidemembers_information/retired-member-forms), then print, sign, agencies such as the Social Security Administration, or a Fire/ and return to [email protected] Relief Association. IfyouwouldliketoobtainaphysicalcopyoftheNext of A final payment is the last pension check owed to you or yourKinform,pleasecalltheRetirementServicesSectionat survivor, based on the number of days you, or your survivor,(213)279-3125or(844)88-LAFPPext.3125,oremail were alive that month. The name you provide on the Next [email protected] to request a form be mailed to you.Kin form should be the person administering your estate after your death.10 PENSION PERSPECTIVES'