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8 U.S. Code § 1409 - Children born out of wedlock | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Part I. Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization
Section 1409. Children born out of wedlock
8 U.S. Code § 1409. Children born out of wedlock
Except as otherwise provided in section 405 of this Act, the provisions of section 1401(g) of this title shall apply to a child born out of wedlock on or after January 13, 1941, and before December 24, 1952, as of the date of birth, if the paternity of such child is established at any time while such child is under the age of twenty-one years by legitimation.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, § 309, 66 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 97–116, § 18(l), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1620; Pub. L. 99–653, § 13, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3657; Pub. L. 100–525, §§ 8(k), 9(r), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2617, 2621.)
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–525, § 8(k), amended Pub. L. 99–653. See 1986 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(r)(1), substituted “before December 24, 1952” for “prior to the effective date of this chapter” and “at any time” for “before or after the effective date of this chapter and”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(r)(2), substituted “after December 23, 1952” for “on or after the effective date of this chapter”.
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–653, as amended by Pub. L. 100–525, § 8(k), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The provisions of paragraphs (c), (d), (e), and (g) of section 1401 of this title, and of paragraph (2) of section 1408, of this title shall apply as of the date of birth to a child born out of wedlock on or after the effective date of this chapter, if the paternity of such child is established while such child is under the age of twenty-one years by legitimation.”
1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–116, § 18(l)(1), substituted “(c), (d), (e), and (g) of section 1401” for “(3) to (5) and (7) of section 1401(a)”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–116, § 18(l)(2), substituted “section 1401(g)” for “section 1401(a)(7)”.
Pub. L. 99–653, § 23(e), as added by Pub. L. 100–525, § 8(r), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2619, provided that:
Except as provided in paragraph (2)(B), the new section 309(a) [8 U.S.C. 1409(a)] (as defined in paragraph (4)(A)) shall apply to persons who have not attained 18 years of age as of the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 14, 1986].
“(2) The old section 309(a) shall apply—
to any individual who has attained 18 years of age as of the date of the enactment of this Act, and
any individual with respect to whom paternity was established by legitimation before such date.
An individual who is at least 15 years of age, but under 18 years of age, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, may elect to have the old section 309(a) apply to the individual instead of the new section 309(a).
“(4) In this subsection:
The term ‘new section 309(a)’ means section 309(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1409(a)], as amended by section 13 of this Act [section 13 of Pub. L. 99–653] and as in effect after the date of the enactment of this Act.
The term ‘old section 309(a)’ means section 309(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act.”