Davenport v. Little-Bowser
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
LEMONS, Justice.
This appeal involves the claims of four children and three sets of adoptive parents ("Petitioners") that the Commonwealth must issue new birth certificates listing both adoptive parents on the certificates for each of the four children. Each of the children was born in Virginia and adopted pursuant to judgments issued by courts of competent jurisdiction in other states. The three sets of adoptive parents are each "same-sex" adoptive parents. None of the seven petitioners resides in Virginia.
Petitioners sought the issuance of new birth certificates listing both adoptive parents…
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