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Showing posts with label Incest. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 30, 2014
New York's Top Court OKs Marriage With Half-Niece
In Nguyen v. Holder, (NY Ct. App., Oct. 28, 2014), the New York Court of Appeals-- the state's highest court-- answering a question certified to it by the Second Circuit, held that a marriage between a man and his half-niece (i.e. between a woman and her mother's half-brother) is not void as incestuous under the state's Domestic Relations Law. The issue arose in an immigration proceeding involving a woman who claimed permanent residency status by reason of her marriage to an American citizen. New York Post reports on the decision. [Thanks to Alliance Alert for the lead.]
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