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Supreme Court reverses Alabama court decision on same-sex adoption

By Nolan D. McCaskill

The Supreme Court on Monday reversed an Alabama court’s decision refusing to acknowledge a same-sex couple’s adoption.

An unmarried lesbian couple, identified as “V.L.” and “E.L.” in court documents, were granted adoption rights in Georgia. But the Alabama Supreme Court in September ruled that the couple, which has since split up, had been mistakenly given joint custody.

The Supreme Court reversed that ruling Monday in a six-page decision. The high court blocked the Alabama court’s decision last month, temporarily reinstating V.L's visitation rights.