Legal Opinion
Frances J. Lewis v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 2002No. 01-10851PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Frances Lewis filed a claim for widow’s insurance benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(e) (the “Act”). The Act affords benefits to the widow of a fully insured individual if the widow is not remarried, is between 50 and 60 years of age, and is disabled. Appellee Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denied the claim because Appellant’s marriage to her deceased husband fell one day short of the nine-month period required by the Act. Arguing Ap-pellee wrongfully excluded the day of her husband’s death in the computation of the nine-month duration…
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