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welfare
april
knight
conferences
pregnant
unwed
american
journal
nursing
sauber
role
unmarried
father
welfare
review
wessel
physician
looks
services
unmarried
parents
social
casework
easiest
proof
birth
certificate
names
father
review
immigration
problems
hearings
subcommittee
immigration
citizenship
international
law
house
committee
judiciary
alternatively
ins
obtains
affidavits
natural
mother
people
familiar
relationship
looks
school
documents
may
name
father
considers
facts
custody
support
ibid
ins
also
relies
local
judicial
determinations
exist
require
alternative
administrative
recognition
procedures
normally
available
natural
father
less
cumbersome
time
consuming
regarded
consular
officers
equally
reliable
determinations
eliminating
fraudulent
claims
paternal
relationship
variations
many
countries
legitimation
may
accomplished
marriage
natural
parents
matter
blancaflor
philippines
matter
portugal
matter
surinam
matter
british
guiana
matter
spain
decree
matter
matter
duncan
liberia
formal
recognition
matter
poland
matter
jancar
yugoslavia
matter
hungary
matter
peters
virgin
islands
matter
sinclair
panama
matter
kubicka
poland
matter
coker
nigeria
matter
kim
korea
countries
child
born
wedlock
deemed
legitimate
child
parents
matter
supra
cf
matter
lo
people
republic
china
see
matter
supra
matter
lo
supra
since
resident
aliens
also
arbitrarily
denied
privileges
basis
gender
legitimacy
hampton
mow
sun
wong
sugarman
dougall
graham
richardson
clear
appellants
earl
trevor
wilson
meet
terms
saving
clause
amendments
also
entitled
relief
see
supra