Legal Opinion
SAN JUAN
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1979No. ID 2724Published
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2724 MATTER OF SAN JUAN In Visa Petition Proceedings A-20814290 Decided by Board August 14, 1979 (1) Notwithstanding evidence that the petitioner did not meet the jurisdictional re- quirements for obtaining a divorce in Puerto Rico, the Service cannot deny validity to her Pqerto Rican divorce decree if neither Puerto Rico nor the jurisidiction of her subsequent marriage would permit an attack on that decree. (2) Where neither Puerto Rico nor New York, the place of the petitioner's subsequent marriage to the beneficiary, would permit a collateral attack on the petitioner's…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Johnson v. MuelbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Americana of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Samuel R. Kaplus and J. Kaplus & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Torres v. GardnerDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1967
- In re the Estate of CarterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
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