The Supreme Court of Virginia may yet reach the merits of the effort of a lesbian mother to sever the parental rights of her former partner.
“May” because attorneys for the partner, Janet Jenkins, contend that Virginia law bars consideration of issues in a second Virginia appeal that already were determined in an earlier appeal.
That appeal […]
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Lesbian partners’ parental rights back before Supreme Court
September 19th, 2007 · No Comments · Supreme Court of Virginia, Visitation, lesbian
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AG’s brief not persuasive in lesbian case
May 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Custody, Virginia attorney general, lesbian
Virginia Solicitor General William E. Thro unsuccessfully asserted the sovereignty of the commonwealth in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeal of a lesbian mother who is attempting to sever the parental rights of her former partner.
In an amicus brief in the case of Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, Record No. 06-1110, Thro cited four […]
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