Garcia v. Angulo

RODOWSKY, Judge.

Involved here is the interrelation of the Maryland common law of domicile with an uncodified federal immigration statute and with presidential directives that have conferred protection from deportation on nationals of El Salvador who had illegally entered the United States. The principal question is whether federal law prevents an alien’s intent to be domiciled in Maryland from having legal effect. This issue arises on an appeal from a circuit court’s refusal to direct the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) to pay a judgment entered against an uninsured motorist.

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