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E.L. v. V.L. (In re E.L.)

SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
May 27, 2016
1140595 (Ala. May. 27, 2016)

Opinion

1140595

05-27-2016

Ex parte E.L. (In re: E.L. v. V.L.)


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PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS

(Jefferson Family Court, CS-13-719; Court of Civil Appeals, 2130683)

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

PER CURIAM.

In accordance with V.L. v. E.L., 577 U.S. ___, 136 S.Ct. 1017 (2016), we vacate the September 18, 2015, judgment of this Court holding that the Court of Civil Appeals and the Jefferson Family Court erred in giving full faith and credit to the May 30, 2007, adoption decree entered by the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, declaring V.L. the adoptive parent of her then same-sex partner E.L.'s three children. Ex parte E.L., [Ms. 1140595, Sept. 18, 2015] ___ So. 3d ___ (Ala. 2015). In V.L., the United States Supreme Court held that the adoption decree appeared on its face to have been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction and that that presumption of jurisdiction had not been rebutted. Inasmuch as there is no merit in E.L.'s other arguments asking this Court not to enforce the adoption decree, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals.

AFFIRMED.

Stuart, Bolin, Shaw, Main, and Wise, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

E.L. v. V.L. (In re E.L.)

SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
May 27, 2016
1140595 (Ala. May. 27, 2016)
Case details for

E.L. v. V.L. (In re E.L.)

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte E.L. (In re: E.L. v. V.L.)

Court:SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA

Date published: May 27, 2016

Citations

1140595 (Ala. May. 27, 2016)

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