Legal Opinion
Georgia Slessinger v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 28, 1987No. 87-1231PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Per curiam
Claimant Georgia Slessinger filed an application for mother’s insurance benefits on September 24, 1984 based on the death on November 29, 1981 of her husband Steven Slessinger. After a hearing, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found on September 5, 1985 that claimant was not entitled to mother's insurance benefits because of her remarriage to Donald Snow on October 22,1983. The ALJ ruled that a divorce decree obtained by claimant and Donald Snow in the Dominican Republic on August 6, 1984 did not end her marriage to Snow. The ALJ applied Rhode Island law to determine the validity of the…
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