BRANTIGAN

Interim Decision #1553 Warta OF BRANTIGAN In Visa Petition Proceedings A-14680158 Decided by Board February 8, 1966 ru vigil petition Proceedings the burden of proof to establish eligibility for the benefit sought rests with the petitioner, and in the absence of proof of the legal termination of a U.S. citizen petitioner's prior marriage, reliance on the presumption of validity accorded by California law to his subsequent ceremonial marriage in that State to beneficiary is not satisfactory evidence of the termination of his prior marriage and is insufficient by itself to sus- tain…