Kilby v. Ribicoff

WOOD, District Judge.

This is a proceeding to review the determination of the Social Security Administration that plaintiff herein must pay back to the Administration $2,801.30, the amount of an alleged overpayment made to the plaintiff in March, 1957.

A brief summary of the facts involved is necessary to an understanding of the legal problems presented.

On November 21, 1953, the plaintiff’s husband died, leaving plaintiff with a young daughter. The child was being adopted by plaintiff and her husband, but the adoption procedures had not been completed when the husband died. Plaintiff applied…