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ADOPTION OF B.L.V.B.

No. 92-321.

628 A.2d 1271 (1993)

Adoptions of B.L.V.B. and E.L.V.B.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie A. Frame, David W. Curtis and Leslie J. Dunn of Hoff, Agel, Curtis & Cassidy, P.C., Burlington, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paula L. Ettelbrick, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., New York City, and Susan M. Murray of Langrock Sperry & Wool, Middlebury, for amici curiae.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.

JOHNSON, Justice.

The issue we decide today is whether Vermont law requires the termination of a natural mother's parental rights if her children are adopted by a person to whom she is not married. We hold that when the family unit is comprised of the natural mother and her partner, and the adoption is in the best interests of the children, terminating the natural mother's rights is unreasonable and unnecessary. We reverse.

Appellants are two women, Jane and...

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