37 U.S.C. § 423 : US Code - Section 423: Validity of allowance payments based on purported marriages

Search 37 U.S.C. § 423 : US Code - Section 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.