ESPINOZA

Interim Decision #2824 MATTER OF ESPINOZA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-24032853 Decided by Board September 2, 1980 (1) Under Article 195, Title 5 of the 1967 Constitution of Bolivia, all children are equal before the law and have identical rights. (2) Article 178 of the Family Code of Bolivia provides that children born out of wedlock have the same rights as those born, in wedlock. (3) When the country where the beneficiary was born and resides eliminates all legal distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate children, all natural children are deemed to be the legitimate offspring of…