Legal Opinion
LUNA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1983No. ID 2939PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2939 MATTER OF LUNA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-24616710 Decided 6' Board April 26, 1983 (1) New York will recognize, as a matter of comity, a divorce rendered in the Dominican Republic where the Dominican court's jurisdiction was based on the domicile of one of the parties. (2) Henceforth, a pronouncement of a divorce for cause by an official of theCivil Registry of the Dominican Republic, unless irregular on its face, will be accepted as prima facie OVidOlnei, of compliance with the time and notice requirements of Dominican divorce law. ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT: ON…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Rosenstiel v. RosenstielNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Sorensen v. SorensenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
- LEVINEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by6 opinions
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