Legal Opinion

ZAMBRANO

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 1981No. ID 2864Published

1Opinion of the Court

Interim Decision #2864 MATTER OF ZAMBRANO In Visa Petition Proceedings A-21682096 Decided by Board May 5, 1981 (1) A more liberal policy toward divorce, as evidenced by the Divorce Reform Act of 1971, Stat. Ann. 2A:34-1, is now recognized in /slew Jersey. Kazin v. Kazin, Si N.J. 85, 405 A.2(1 360 (1979). (2) New Jersey now appears to recognize foreign absentee divorces obtained by its resi- dents. Matter of Guzman,

15 I&N Dec. 624

(131A 1976), overruled in part. (3) Where the record in visa petition proceedings was unclear whether the Dominican Republic divorce, alleged to constitute proof of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. BRANTIGANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1966
  2. Tonti v. ChadwickSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
  3. Kazin v. KazinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
  4. ANNANGBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1973
  5. LUCEROBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1979

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