MOWRER

Interim Decision #2846 MATTER OF MOWRER In Visa Petition Proceedings A-19189896 A-34056013 Decided by Board January 9, 1981 (1) The viability of an existing marriage which is the basis for a stepparent/stepchild relationship is not relevant to a determination whether the status sought by the visa petition should be accorded, unless the parties to the marriage have legally separated. (2) Where the parties to a marriage creating a stepparent/stopehild relationship have legally separated or where the marriage has been terminated by divorce or death, the appropriate inquiry is whether a family…