If you have made a nomination under the CPF Act, your nominee shall be entitled to the funds in certain CPF accounts regardless of what is stated in your Will. If you have not made a nomination, your funds will be distributed under the law in accordance with the Intestate Succession Act.
Even if you have a Will, you need to nominate so that your CPF savings, DPS insured sum, Discounted Singapore Telecom shares, fixed deposits under CPF Investment Scheme-Special Account (CPFIS-SA) and Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) will be paid to your nominees.
If you get married after making a nomination, your nomination made before marriage is automatically cancelled, unless you say that it was made in contemplation of marriage.
Therefore, you should nominate when:
- You start working and contributing to the CPF
- You marry as marriage makes any previous nomination invalid
- You re-marry or if there is a change in your marital status.
