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In the Matter of Oduro

18 I&N Dec. 421 (B.I.A. 1983)
In the Matter of Oduro

8 Cited authorities

  1. Lowell v. Kowalski

    380 Mass. 663 (Mass. 1980)   Cited 42 times
    Applying strict judicial scrutiny to two statutes basing inheritance rights of illegitimate children on sex of parent, and finding one to be unconstitutionally broad

  2. Lau v. Kiley

    563 F.2d 543 (2d Cir. 1977)   Cited 23 times
    Holding that China issued a "legislative grant of legitimacy" when it passed a general legitimation statute

  3. Adoption of a Minor

    338 Mass. 635 (Mass. 1959)   Cited 23 times
    Applying "best interests" test to dispute over whether consent to adoption was necessary by unmarried father of child who later married mother

  4. MacIntyre v. Cregg

    350 Mass. 22 (Mass. 1965)

    December 8, 1965. December 30, 1965. Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, KIRK, SPIEGEL, JJ. Legitimacy. Birth Record. A child born illegitimate whose parents later intermarried and whose father acknowledged him as his child became legitimate under G.L.c. 190, § 7, notwithstanding the fact that the original certificate of his birth was not amended in compliance with the provision of c. 46, § 13, as amended by St. 1930, c. 169, that the birth record of such a person "shall" be amended so

  5. Pfeifer v. Wright

    41 F.2d 464 (10th Cir. 1930)   Cited 13 times
    In Pfeifer v. Wright, 41 F.2d 464 (10th Cir. 1930), for example, we explained that—as understood at common law—the legal process of "legitimation" involved taking "an illegitimate child," who "was without right even to the name of its natural father," and "placing the child in all respects upon the same footing as if begotten and born in wedlock."

  6. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,671 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  7. Section 1153 - Allocation of immigrant visas

    8 U.S.C. § 1153   Cited 1,218 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Determining an applicant's age as " the age of the alien on the date on which an immigrant visa number becomes available for such alien . . . but only if the alien has sought to acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence within one year of such availability; reduced by (B) the number of days in the period during which the applicable petition . . . was pending"

  8. Section 287.6 - Proof of official records

    8 C.F.R. § 287.6   Cited 184 times
    Setting forth the appropriate procedure by which a record is certified by a Canadian governmental entity