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Davenport v. Little-Bowser

FILED status graphic: Davenport v. Little-Bowser. 041180 Davenport v. Little-Bowser 04/22/2005 The trial court erred in holding that Code § 32.1-261 and 12 VAC § 5-550-330 prevent new birth certificates listing both adoptive parents from being issued for children born in Virginia who have been validly adopted by same-sex couples outside of Virginia. Nothing in the statute precludes recognition of same-sex couples as adoptive parents or requires that forms listing only one mother and one father be used, and the regulation's requirement as to fo…
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