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Timestamp: 2020-06-02 12:30:49
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1304', '§404', '§101', '§405', '§1304', '§5', '§405']

[USC02] 38 USC 1304: Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
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38 USC 1304: Special provisions relating to surviving spouses Text contains those laws in effect on June 1, 2020
No dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran dying after December 31, 1956, unless such surviving spouse was married to such veteran-
( Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1127 , §404; Pub. L. 90–77, title I, §101(a), Aug. 31, 1967, 81 Stat. 178 ; Pub. L. 94–433, title IV, §405(4), (5), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1379 ; renumbered §1304, Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406 .)
1991-Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 404 of this title as this section.
1976-Pub. L. 94–433, §405(4), (5), substituted "surviving spouse", "such surviving spouse", and "such veteran" for "widow", "she", and "him", respectively, in introductory clause and "surviving spouses" for "widows" in section catchline.
1967-Pub. L. 90–77 qualified widow of a veteran for receipt of compensation by reducing in par. (2) the requisite marriage period from five years to one year and by making her eligible for benefits in par. (3) in event of antenuptial birth.