Cox v. Weinberger

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FEIKENS, District Judge.

This case requires the' court to decide between conflicting claims for wife’s disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. The issue is framed by 42 U.S.C. § 416(h)(1)(A), which provides:

“An applicant is the wife . of a fully or currently insured individual for purposes of this subehapter if the courts of the State in which such insured individual is domiciled at the time . . . would find that such applicant and such insured individual were validly married at the time such applicant files such application.”

Both Eva Cox (Eva) and Bobbie…