Legal Opinion
ODURO
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1983No. ID 2946PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2946 MATTER OP.ODURO In Visa Petition Proceedings A-23287657 .A-23287658 A-23287659 Decided by Board August 12, 1983 (1) Under Massachusetts law, legitimation of a person born out of wedlock is effected only by an acknowledgment of paternity (or judicial declaration of paternity) and the mar- riage of his natural parents. (2) The lawful permanent resident petitioner's natural, acluwwledged offspring who were born out of wedlock.and whose natural parents never married did not qualify as the petitioners "legitimated children" pursuant to Massachusetts law as defined in section…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Lowell v. KowalskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Adoption of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Lau v. KileyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- CLAHARBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1981
- Pfeifer v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
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