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Janet Miller-Jenkins v. Lisa Miller-Jenkins
Facts
Lisa (Plaintiff) and Janet (Defendant) lived in Virginia originally. They traveled to Vermont in 2000 and entered into a valid civil union according to the laws of Vermont. Plaintiff received artificial insemination in 2001 and gave birth in April 2002. The parties moved to Vermont four months later and lived there for a little over one year. In September 2003, they separated and Plaintiff moved back to Virginia with the minor child, which was given the designation of IMJ by the court. Plaintiff filed for a dissolution of the civil union in Vermont in November 2003. In the complaint, Lisa (Plaintiff) listed IMJ as the “biological or adoptive” child of the civil union. The family court issued a temporary order awarding Plaintiff temporary legal and physical responsibility of IMJ and awarded visitation rights to Janet (Defendant). Plaintiff did not allow visitation by Defendant and filed a petition in Virginia instead to establish IMJ’s parentage. The Virginia family court found Defendant had no parental rights on grounds Vermont’s civil unions laws were not valid under Virginia law. The Vermont family court refused to give full faith and credit to the Virginia family court’s decision regarding Janet’s (Defendant) lack of parental rights. The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed that decision. Defendant appealed in Virginia on the grounds the Virginia family court failed to recognize that the PKPA bars jurisdiction in Virginia.
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