[Rhodes22-list] Legal: Ben Please Help

[Michael D. Weisner]

Ben C.,

It wasn't until I read your piercing response to Bill that I realized how 
sharp a lawyer you are.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Ben Cittadino" <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 
2008 6:10 PM
>
> Bill;
>
> If this question was addressed to me ( and it may not have been ) the 
> answer
> is that if your mother never "formally renounced" her US citizenship then
> she was a native born American citizen the entire time although she may 
> have
> held duel citizenship for part of the time. She can be President.
>
> Americans can be duel citizens but often other countries require that you
> make a choice.  For example I believe Japanese citizens who become 
> American
> citizens are deemed to have renounced their Japanese citizenship.
>
> Also, remember this advice is worth exactly what you paid for it.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Ben Cittadino
>
> Bill Effros wrote:
>>
>> Ben,
>>
>> My mother was born in NYC in 1917 to Dutch parents with a business in
>> the United States.  After WWI she went to Holland with her parents, and
>> enjoyed the benefits of Dutch citizenship.
>>
>> In 1938, before her 21st birthday, her parents arranged for her to
>> return to the United States to claim her American Citizenship, which she
>> would otherwise have  lost, owing to her exercise of Dutch Citizenship.
>> She traveled to the United States on a US Passport, and remained here as
>> a United States citizen.
>>
>> It was my understanding that she was not eligible to run for President
>> of the United States because she was a Dutch citizen as a child and had
>> to reclaim her American citizenship, and thus became a "naturalized"
>> rather than "native born" citizen.
>>
>> Do I have this wrong?  Is there still a chance for my mother to become
>> President?
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>>
>>
>>
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