Legal Opinion
ROWE
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 2006No. ID 3536PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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23 I&N Dec. 962
(BIA 2006) Interim Decision #3536 In re Lawrence ROWE, Respondent File A41 064 398 - Napanoch Decided June 29, 2006 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) Under the laws of Guyana, the sole means of legitimation of a child born out of wedlock is the marriage of the child’s natural parents. Matter of Goorahoo,
20 I&N Dec. 782
(BIA 1994), overruled. (2) Where the respondent was born out of wedlock in Guyana and his natural parents were never married, his paternity has not been established by legitimation, so he is…
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