Legal Opinion

BIEBL

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 1978No. ID 2672Published

1Opinion of the Court

Interim Decision #2672 MATTER OF BIEBL In Visa Petition Proceedings A-21041737 Decided by Board September 18, 1978 (1) Under law of Connecticut at least one of the spouses must establish a domicile in the jurisdiction in which a foreign divorce decree is sought in order to give a court jurisdic- tion to grant a divorce. Litvaitis v. Litvaitis, 162 Conn. 540,

295 A.2d 519

(1972). (2) Under law of Connecticut, for purposes of establishing the jurisdiction of a court to grant a decree of dissolution of marriage, "domicile" is that place where a person has voluntarily fixed his habitation, not for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. BRANTIGANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1966
  2. Litvaitis v. LitvaitisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  3. Vicente Villamosa Nazareno v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  4. LEVINEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1969
  5. Spalding v. SpaldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976

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