Appellants contest the findings (1) that Catherine Hess was decedent's widow and (2) that Marie Hess was a totally disabled dependent child (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 16). On August 25, 1926 decedent's then wife obtained an interlocutory judgment of divorce which became final on December 8, 1926. A purported ceremonial marriage between decedent and claimant was performed on September 7, 1926 but was, of course, void. (Landsman v. Landsman,
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