SINNOTT v. PECK

No. 15-426.

180 A.3d 560 (2017)

2017 VT 115

Sarah SINNOTT v. Jennifer PECK.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah R. Star , Middlebury, and Jennifer L. Levi , Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Boston, Massachusetts, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jennifer Peck, Shelburne, Pro Se, Defendant-Appellee.

Jennifer Wagner of Marsh & Wagner, P.C., Middlebury, for Amicus Curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Dooley, Skoglund, Robinson and Eaton, JJ.


¶ 1. This is the third case in the last decade that has called upon this Court to determine whether an individual who is not biologically related to a child, has not legally adopted the child, and is not married to the child's legal parent may be the child's legal parent. In the absence of guidance from the Legislature on this...

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