The Supreme Court reversed an Alabama Supreme Court ruling Monday in a six-page decision, blocking the state's refusal to acknowledge a same-sex couple's adoption. | AP Photo Supreme Court reverses Alabama court decision on same-sex adoption

The Supreme Court on Monday reversed an Alabama court’s decision refusing to acknowledge a same-sex couple’s adoption.

An unmarried lesbian couple, identified as “V.L.” and “E.L.” in court documents, were granted adoption rights in Georgia. But the Alabama Supreme Court in September ruled that the couple, which has since split up, had been mistakenly given joint custody.


The Supreme Court reversed that ruling Monday in a six-page decision. The high court blocked the Alabama court’s decision last month, temporarily reinstating V.L's visitation rights.