COLUMBIA v. LAWTON

No. 11-151.

71 A.3d 1218 (2013)

2013 VT 2

Bradley COLUMBIA v. Buffy LAWTON.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Columbia, Pro Se, Beattyville, Kentucky, Plaintiff-Appellant.

James A. Valente of Costello Valente & Gentry, P.C., Brattleboro, and Kathryn A.C. Kennedy of Kennedy Law, PLLC, Randolph, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.

William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, Bridget C. Asay and Jody A. Racht , Assistant Attorneys General, and Colin Hagan , Law Clerk (On the Brief), Montpelier, for Amicus Curiae Office of Attorney General.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND, BURGESS and ROBINSON, JJ.


ROBINSON, J.

¶ 1. This case requires us to consider the constitutional rights of a putative biological father who seeks an order of parentage when a court has already issued a parentage order determining the minor child's parents. We conclude that Vermont's parentage statute does not authorize a court to allow a second parentage action involving a particular child brought by or against a different putative parent unless constitutional considerations require the...

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