Ex parte E.L.

This Court granted the petition filed by E.L. seeking certiorari review of the judgment entered by the Court of Civil Appeals affirming the judgment entered by the Jefferson Family Court insofar as that judgment recognized and gave effect to an adoption decree entered by the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia (“the Georgia court”), approving the adoption by V.L., E.L.’s former same-sex partner, of E.L.’s biological children, S.L., N.L., and H.L. (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the children”). We reverse and remand.

I

E.L. and V.L. were involved in a relationship from…