Legal Opinion
MOREIRA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1979No. ID 2720PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2720 MATTER OF MOREIRA In Visa Petition Proceedings A-22211458 Decided by Board July 16, 1979 (1) A visa petition by a "stepmother" on behalf of the illegitimate child of her husband requires a showing that the stepparent has, prior to the child's eighteenth birthday, evinced an active parental interest in the child's support, instruction, and general welfare. (2) The mere fact of a marriage creating a technical relationship of stepparent, without more, does not establish a stepparent -stepchild relationship for visa petition pur- poses. Matter of Amato and Menteiro,
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