United States Tenth Circuit

A putative "good faith" spouse is not entitled to recover a deceased spouse's social security benefits where the putative spouse subsequently discovers, via the decesased spouse prior to death, that their marriage is invalid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/20/2000
• Published 11/20/2000

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before BRORBY, PORFILIO, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter Komlos-Hrobsky,Colorado Legal Services, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee., David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C., Thomas L. Strickland, United States Attorney, Denver, Colorado, John C. Hoyle, and Anthony A. Yang, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.;  Deana R. Ertl-Lombardi, Chief Counsel, Region VIII, and Allan D. Berger, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Social Security Administration, Denver, Colorado, of Counsel, for Defendant-Appellant.