V.L. v. E.L. (original) (raw)
V.L. v. E.L., 577 U.S. ___ (2016), is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the adoption rights of same-sex couples. In 2007, a Georgia Superior Court granted adoption rights to V.L., the partner of E.L., the woman who gave birth to their three children. However, after moving back to Alabama, the couple split up. E.L. tried to block V.L. from seeing the children, but V.L. filed a lawsuit seeking visitation and other parental rights. On September 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that the state did not have to recognize the adoption judgment, saying that the Georgia court misapplied its own state law. The court voided the recognition of the adoption judgment in Alabama. V.L. petitioned the United States Supreme Court to stay the ruling during her app
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| dbo:abstract | V.L. v. E.L., 577 U.S. ___ (2016), is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the adoption rights of same-sex couples. In 2007, a Georgia Superior Court granted adoption rights to V.L., the partner of E.L., the woman who gave birth to their three children. However, after moving back to Alabama, the couple split up. E.L. tried to block V.L. from seeing the children, but V.L. filed a lawsuit seeking visitation and other parental rights. On September 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that the state did not have to recognize the adoption judgment, saying that the Georgia court misapplied its own state law. The court voided the recognition of the adoption judgment in Alabama. V.L. petitioned the United States Supreme Court to stay the ruling during her appeal and allow her to see her children. On December 14, 2015, the Supreme Court stayed the ruling pending their action on a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by V.L. On March 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the decision of the Alabama Supreme Court by per curiam summary disposition. (en) |
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| dbp:case | V.L. v. E.L., (en) |
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| dbp:holding | Under the Full Faith and Credit Clause, the State of Alabama must recognize the adoption decree granted by a Georgia state court in 2007, regardless of how that court came to its conclusion granting the decree. Supreme Court of Alabama reversed and remanded. (en) |
| dbp:lawsapplied | dbr:Full_Faith_and_Credit_Clause (en) Ga. Code Ann. §19–8–5 (en) |
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| dbp:percuriam | yes (en) |
| dbp:prior | Judgment for petitioner, No. CS-13-719 ; rev'd, No. 2130683 ; on rehearing, aff'd in part, sub nom. Ex parte E.L., No. 2130683, 2015 WL 836916 ; rev., No. 1140595, 2015 WL 5511249 (en) |
| dbp:procedural | Visitation order issued in Jefferson County Family Court ; reversed by Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ; rehearing granted, Family Court ruling affirmed by Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ; reversed and remanded by Supreme Court of Alabama . Motion by petitioner to stay the ruling granted by U.S. Supreme Court . Order reversed by the United States Supreme Court, adoption rights restored to V.L. . (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | V.L. v. E.L., 577 U.S. ___ (2016), is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the adoption rights of same-sex couples. In 2007, a Georgia Superior Court granted adoption rights to V.L., the partner of E.L., the woman who gave birth to their three children. However, after moving back to Alabama, the couple split up. E.L. tried to block V.L. from seeing the children, but V.L. filed a lawsuit seeking visitation and other parental rights. On September 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that the state did not have to recognize the adoption judgment, saying that the Georgia court misapplied its own state law. The court voided the recognition of the adoption judgment in Alabama. V.L. petitioned the United States Supreme Court to stay the ruling during her app (en) |
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