https://www.gao.gov/products/461617

B-207592: Jun 23, 1982

DIGEST: A NAVY LIEUTENANT REMARRIED EVEN THOUGH A FINAL DECREE WAS NOT ENTERED IN A DIVORCE ACTION FROM HIS FIRST WIFE. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHICH CLAIMANT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE WIDOW UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW. REQUESTS A DECISION AS TO WHO IS THE LEGAL WIDOW OF LIEUTENANT WELDON E. ACCORDING TO STATUTE THE WIDOW OF THE DECEASED IS TO RECEIVE THE ANNUITY. LIEUTENANT MAKI WAS MARRIED TWICE AND BOTH W...

https://www.gao.gov/products/118800

B-207592: Jun 23, 1982

The Navy requested a decision as to determining the legal widow of a deceased naval officer for purposes of entitlement to a Survivor Benefit Plan annuity. According to applicable legislation, the widow of the deceased is to receive the annuity; however, the deceased was married twice and both wives claim to be his legal widow. According to the record, his first wife received an interlocutory decr...

https://www.gao.gov/products/120824

B-207592: Mar 14, 1983

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