THIS IS THE
LAW
By: Robert E. Lee
(For the N. C Bar Association)
ANNULMENT
A beautiful and talented girl,
age nineteen, won a beauty con
test. The rules of the contest,
which the girl was acquainted
w th, stated that all contestants
must be single and not previous
ly married.
It was discovered the day fol
1< wing her coronation as queen
that she had been married at
the age cf fifteen, but that the
marriage had been annuled.
should the grl be required to
forfeit her title and all of the
prizes she has wen in the con
test to the girl who has won
second place?
No. Frrm a legal viewpoint,
the girl was never married.
An annulment is a judicial
declaration of the non-existence
of a supposed or pretended mar
riage It is in the form of a
court decree that reaches back
and destroys the marriage from
the beginning. Its effect is to
make the supposed
or pretended marriage just as
though it had never existed.
A v-man who has had her
marriage annulled can truthfully
and legally say that she has
never been married. It is other
vise- if the woman has had her
marriage term'nated my a di
vorce decree.
Generally speaking, the gro
und f' r annulment are concern
ed with either the invalidity of
the marriage ceremony or the
incap,!' !y of the parties at the
time- i f the marriage ceremony
The grounds for divorce, or the
other hand, are usually marital
offenses c-mm tted after the
marriage cremony, such as ad
ultry, cruelty, desertion or sep
arpt i m f< r the statutory period.
•• • •
bom ot an annulled
r ' • ■us legitimate?
A c* •) bom of an annulled
rnarr .v. ■ is rendered illegiti
mate c'loss his legitimacy is
save,- a statute in the parti
cular state.
N"i ii Carolina in 1951 enacted
a Mat'ite which provides that a
chile, vrn of any marriage oth
er the" an interracial marriage
is legitimate notwithstanding the
annulment of the marriage. Un
der this statute, there may be
legitimate children of parent!
who are not married to each
other and who, legally speak
mg, have never been married
to each otrer.
The statute creates an ano
malous situat on A couple may
have , legitimate children and
he rs without ever being legally
married to each other. Legiti
mate children may have parents
who were never married to each
other.
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Sodal Security News
By: D. C. Nichols
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a Medicare “doctor bill insur
ance” cla m for benefits soon.
Please tell me, as briefly and
simply as possible, how to file a
claim for payment.
A. Briefly and simply: On
page 29 of your Medicare Hand
bock ycu'll find the Request or
Payment form. Fill it out care
fully, giving your complete name
and number exactly as they ap
pear cn your Medicare card.
Follow the instructions m the
Handbook and cn the back of the
Request for Payment form. Be
sure that the itemized and re
ceipted medical bills (which you
must attach to your claim)
show the necessary information.
And cne more thing to get
started off right and prevent a
delay in payment, contact our
office and have your FIRST
CLAIM with the receipted medi
cal bills checked over before
you send it to the Med care car
rier (Pilot Life Insurance Com
pany. for bills incurred in North
Carolina).
Q. How do I go about getting
hosp'tal insurance to pay my
hosital bills?
A. Always carry your Medi
care card with you. Just show it
at the hospital when you are ad
mitted, and the hospital itself
wll make the application for
payment under hospital insur
ance.
Q. As I am separated bu tnot
divorced from my husband, and
mill be 60 in June, will I be able
to get social security on my
hesband’s work record?
A. No assuming, of course,
that you do not have an el gible
child in your care. Only a wid
ow can qualify for reduced
benefits at age 60, or for unre
duced benefits at age 62.
Before you can receive bene
fits as a wife, you must <l> be
at least 62 years old, and (2)
have a husband who has quali
fied for benefits. You would al
so have to be at least 62 to be
eligible on your own earnings
record provided you had
werked \eng enough under soc
ial security for benefits to be
pavable. But to get full, unre
duced monthly benefits either as
a wife or on your own record,
you would have to wait until
age 65 to start receiving the
benefits.
Q. Under the present law can
not a widow who has remarried
still get benef ts on her first
(deceased) husband’s work is>
errd? And how about a divorced
wife cr widow?
A. The law now provides Out
a widow who remarries after
age 60 may continue receiving
benefits but a tan adjusted
(lower) rate.
Also, under certain conditions
a wife who is divorced at age
60 cr later, or a “surv'ving di
vorced wife” who is 60 or over,
may qualify for monthly bene
fits if she was married to the
worker for at least 20 consese
cutive years.
A surviving divorced wife, re
gardless of her atte, can qualify
for monthly benefits if at the
time of the worker’s death she
had in rer continuing care h ! s
child under 18 or disabled. Nat
urally, the child also is eligible
for benef.ts.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1967