Legal Opinion
MOURILLON
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1981No. ID 2882PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2882 MATTER OF MOURILLON In Visa Petition Proceedings A-19731000 Decided by Board September 22, 1981 (1) Under the law of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, legitimation of a child born out of wedlock is effected by the subsequent marriage of the natural parents together with their prior or contemporaneous acknowledgment of the child. (2) An act of acknowledgment of paternity in Curacao without the marriage of the natural parents does not place the acknowledged child in the same status as a legitimated child and, therefore, the petitioner did not qualify as his father's "child"…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Zeigler Coal Co. v. KleppeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Pfeifer v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. HoganDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1934
- VAN PAMELENBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1966
- BOURNEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Sigifredo Iracheta v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
- LIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1993
- Medina-Morales v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- ODUROBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1983
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