Miniafee v. United States

*573OPINION

SMITH, Chief Judge.

This case presents the question of whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause (U.S. Const., art. IV, § 1) as codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1738 (1982) requires the court to give conclusive effect to a Pennsylvania decree naming Helen Miniafee executrix of deceased serviceman Gordon Redmond’s alleged will. Pursuant to her status as executrix, plaintiff has filed a claim under 10 U.S.C. § 2771(a)(5) (1982) for $61,004.89 in cumulative military retirement pay due to Mr. Redmond’s account. The case is before the court on the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. For the…