TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Mar 7, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court today reversed an Alabama court’s refusal to recognize a lesbian mother’s adoption that she and her partner had been granted in Georgia. The Alabama Supreme Court in September ruled a Georgia court had mistakenly granted a woman custody of three children following her split from her partner. The nation’s Supreme Court said Alabama’s decision ignored a long-standing precedent that state courts must recognize rulings by courts in other states. Read more from USA Today.