Legal Opinion
Joaquin Augusto Peignand v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 10, 1971No. 7638_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the question, under the Nationality Act of 1940, 1 54 Stat. 1137 et seq., whether a child born out of wedlock, subsequently acknowledged by his mother, could automatically derive United States citizenship from the naturalization of his mother. Petitioner, born out of wedlock on January 29, 1936, in the Dominican Republic, was formally acknowledged by his mother a year later. Although the natural father contributed to the child’s support until his death in 1944, he never formally acknowledged petitioner as his son, nor did he marry petitioner’s mother.…
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