HIRABAYASHI

Interim Decision #1395 MATTER os MRAPATASHI In VISA PETITION Proceedings A-12508937 Decided by B oard September 14,1964 A marriage entered into in Colorado between first cousins, residents of Illinois, is a valid marriage in Illinois since the evidence establishes the parties did not go to Colorado with the primary intention of evading the Illinois statutes prohibiting the marriage of first cousins and there is no evidence of a strong public policy in the State of Illinois against such marriages which are valid in the place where contracted, inasmuch as cohabitation between first cousins is…