Gaona v. U. S. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare

ORDER

FERNANDEZ-BADILLO, District Judge.

This is a case in which two women are competing for benefits as the widow of Calixto Gaona, insured. Plaintiff Aurea García Gaona, born in Puerto Rico on March 5, 1904, married Calixto Gaona on May 30, 1940. Prior to this marriage the insured individual had married Luz Leguillow-Santiago on October 29, 1923. This marriage also took place in Puerto Rico. In 1926 Luz Le*220guillow-Santiago and the insured moved to New York City where they lived together until 1939. They separated on October 29, 1939. The record shows that Calixto Gaona worked in New York City…