§ 423. — Validity of allowance payments based on purported marriages.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 37USC423]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 7--ALLOWANCES
Sec. 423. Validity of allowance payments based on purported
marriages
A payment of an allowance, based on a purported marriage, that is
made under this chapter, under the Career Compensation Act of 1949, or
under the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, before judicial annulment or
termination of that marriage, is valid, if a court of competent
jurisdiction adjudges or decrees that the marriage was entered into in
good faith on the part of the spouse who is a member of a uniformed
service or if, in the absence of such a judgment or decree, such a
finding of good faith is made by the Secretary concerned or by a person
designated by him to investigate the matter.
(Pub. L. 87-649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 479.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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423................................... 37:303. Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, Sec. 503,
63 Stat. 827.
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The words ``or which hereafter may be'' are omitted as surplusage.
The words ``a person designated by him to investigate the matter'' are
substituted for the words ``such person as he may designate for the
purpose''.
References in Text
The Career Compensation Act of 1949, referred to in text, is act
Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, 63 Stat. 802, which was classified principally
to chapter 4 (Sec. 231 et seq.) of former Title 37, Pay and Allowances,
prior to the revision and reenactment of Title 37 by Pub. L. 87-649,
Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 451. For distribution of sections of chapter 4
of former Title 37, see Table preceding section 101 of this title.
The Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, referred to in text, is act June
16, 1942, ch. 413, 56 Stat. 359, which was classified principally to
chapter 2 (Sec. 101 et seq.) of former Title 37, Pay and Allowances,
prior to the revision and reenactment of title 37 by Pub. L. 87-649,
Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 451. For distribution of sections of chapter 2
of former title 37, see Table preceding section 101 of this title.
