GEORGIA
Burns v. Burns
560 S.E.2d 47 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001)
[Westlaw] (from MarriageWatch.org)
[Westlaw (subs. req’d)] [Lexis/Nexis (subs. req’d)]
[West Nat’l Rptr. Sys. (subs. req’d)]
In this decision, the Georgia Court of Appeals refused to treat a Vermont civil union as the equivalent of a legal marriage for purposes of a child-visitation order.
This judgment was rendered after Georgia enacted its defense of marriage act, which expressly bars recognition of only same-sex marriages, but before Georgia approved its marriage protection amendment, which bars recognition of same-sex “unions.”
Documents
Intermediate Appellate Court (Ga. Ct. App.)
- Appellant’s Br. (May 26, 2001) (from MarriageWatch.org)
- Answer Br. (June 2001) (from MarriageWatch.org)
- Amicus Br. of National Legal Foundation (Aug. 16, 2001) (from MarriageWatch.org) [HTML]
- Amicus Br. of Georgia Legislators (Aug. 22, 2001) (from MarriageWatch.org)
- Amicus Br. of Lambda Legal (Sept. 25, 2001) (from MarriageWatch.org)
Press Releases
- National Legal Foundation (May 22, 2001)
- ACLU (July 17, 2001)
- Lambda Legal (Oct. 9, 2001)
- National Legal Foundation (Jan. 31, 2002)