Supreme Court blocks Alabama court order in adoption case
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The Supreme Court has sided with a lesbian mother who wants to see her adopted children, blocking an Alabama court's order that declared the adoption invalid.
The justices issued an order Monday in a case that puts on display legal challenges facing gay and lesbian parents even after the Supreme Court decided that same-sex couples have the right to marry.
The case involves a soured relationship between two women, and the three children they raised until the breakup. The children's birth mother is contesting regular visits between the children and her former partner.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Alabama's highest court refused to recognize the other woman as a parent, saying the adoption they obtained in Georgia was not valid.
The women disagree about whether the order Monday will restore visits while the appeal continues.