The Form You Forgot: Why Denton's University Families Are Losing Their TRS Death Benefits to the Wrong People
Dr. Yuki Tanaka had a will, a revocable trust, and a thorough estate plan — everything her 2015 attorney recommended. What the attorney never asked about was the Teacher Retirement System form she had filled out on her first day at UNT in 2004. When she died in Denton in 2026, her will sent her estate to her husband and sons. Her TRS death benefit — $309,000 — went to her mother in Osaka.
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