Legal Opinion
DA SLIVA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1976No. ID 2520PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2520 MATTER OF DA SILVA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-20809233 Decided by Board August 23, 1976 (1) Petitioner and beneficiary were natives of Portugal and residents of New York. Since they were related as uncle and niece they could not validly marry in New York because New York law (Domestic Relations Law, § 5, subd. 3 (MclUnney's, 1964), provides that marriages contracted between uncle and niece are incestuous and void. Petitioner and beneficiary contracted a marriage in the State of Georgia where marriages between uncle and niece are valid (
Ga. Code Ann. § 53-105). (2)…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Loughran v. LoughranSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- In Re the Estate of MayNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- In re the Estate of SafferNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
- Campione v. CampioneNew York Supreme Court · 1951
- ZAPPIABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1967
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