H.R. 249 · 108th Congress
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the nine-month duration of marriage requirement for widows and widowers in cases in which the marriage was postponed by legal impediments to the marriage caused by State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence or similar incapacity.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Tom Allen
- Introduced
- 2003-01-08
- Latest action
- 2003-01-21 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Subjects
Families
Social welfare
Government Operations and Politics
Women
Disabled
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Survivors' benefits
State laws
Mentally disabled
Marriage
Widowers
Widows
Divorce
Social security eligibility