V.L. v. E.L.

No. 15-648.

136 S.Ct. 1017 (2016)

194 L. Ed. 2d 92

V.L. v. E.L., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Minter , Catherine Sakimura , Emily Haan , National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA, Traci Owen Vella , Vella & King, Birmingham, AL, Paul M. Smith , Adam G. Unikowsky , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, Heather Farm, Boyd, Fernambucq, Dunn & Fann, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Petitioner.

Randall W. Nichols , Anne Lamkin Durward , Massey, Stotser, & Nichols, PC, Birmingham, AL, S. Kyle Duncan , Duncan PLLC, Washington, DC, for respondent E.L.

Ruth N. Borenstein , Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, Marc A. Hearron , Seth W. Lloyd , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, for Tobie J. Smith, Guardian Ad Litem.


A Georgia court entered a final judgment of adoption making petitioner V.L. a legal parent of the children that she and respondent E.L. had raised together from birth. V.L. and E.L. later separated while living in Alabama. V.L. asked the Alabama courts to enforce the Georgia judgment and grant her custody or visitation rights. The Alabama Supreme...

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