Legal Opinion
Beatrice A. Nielsen Tyler v. Louis Armstrong, as Administrator of the Estate of Felix Francis
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 14, 2004No. 02-3961PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.
Beatrice Nielsen Tyler (“Tyler”) filed a “Petition for Legitimization” in the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands seeking to establish that she had been legitimated pursuant to 16 V.I.C. § 462 by her then-deceased putative father, Felix Alexander Francis (“Francis”). The Territorial Court granted a motion to dismiss, holding that Tyler could not state a claim upon which relief may be granted because, inter alia, § 462 was repealed prior to the date on which she filed her petition. The Appellate Division affirmed. We will reverse and remand.
I. Factual and…
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