Goddard v. Folsom

ALDRICH, District Judge.

This is an action brought under 42 U.S.C.A. § 405(g) to revise a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying the plaintiff “mother’s insurance benefits” under the Social Security Act. There is no dispute on the facts, the only question being whether there has been an erroneous conclusion of law.

The plaintiff and Robert P. Goddard were married in Massachusetts in 1924, and she has continued domiciled there. In 1935 the plaintiff filed in the state court a criminal complaint charging Goddard with wilful non-support of herself and their minor…