Legal Opinion
ZORRILLA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1983No. ID 2937Published
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2937 MATTER OF ZORRILLA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-24065035 . Decided by Board March 11, 1983 The Board of Immigration Appeals concludes that, under Article 16, Law 1306-bis of the Civil Code of the Dominican Republic, the 2-month period for pronouncement of a Dominican divorce for cause begins to run upon expiration of then-month period for filing an appeal which runs from the time the defendant is notified of the judgment of divorce. The following decisions are modified to the extent that they are inconsistent with this conclusion: Matter of Hawn,
18 I&N Dec. 59
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