Sunday, March 20, 2016

The Full Faith and Credit clause in the news . . .

The case is V.L. v. E.L.

Here is the question presented to the court:

Does the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution require that the Alabama state courts recognize a Georgia state court’s adoption order?

Here's the court's decision:

The Alabama Supreme Court erred in refusing to grant full faith and credit to a judgment by a Georgia court making a woman the legal parent of the children she had raised with her same-sex partner since birth; the judgment appears on its face to have been issued by a court with jurisdiction and there is no established Georgia law to the contrary.

For detail:

Scotusblog: V.L. v. E.L.
Oyez: V.L. v. E.L.