Federal Case

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• holding that FEGLIA preempted a divorce decree that ordered the insured to designate his children as beneficiaries on his FEGLI policy
• holding that the divorce decree ordering a federal employee to maintain his children as benefi- emnes on his FEGLI policy purported to restrict the employee’s right to change his beneficiary which federal regulation explicitly provided could not be done
• identifying the proper beneficiary required determining whether FEGLIA preempted a state divorce decree that directed a policyholder to designate certain beneficiaries
• identifying the proper beneficiary required determining whether FEGLIA preempted a state divorce decree that directed a policyholder to designate certain beneficiaries
• state's divorce decree and constructive trust conflicted with the rights of the insured specified under FEGLIA
• ‘We may also infer preemption when a pervasive scheme of federal regulation makes it reasonable to infer that Congress intended exclusive federal regulation of the area.”

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