Bottoms v. Bottoms: In Whose Best Interest? Analysis of a Lesbian Mother Child Custody Dispute

Authors

Peter N. Swisher, University of RichmondFollow

Abstract

This Article traces and analyzes the series of legal and factual events leading up to the Virginia Supreme Court's contradictory and controversial decision in Bottoms v. Bottoms.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Comments

Co-written with Nancy Douglas Cook

Recommended Citation

Peter Nash Swisher & Nancy Douglas Cook, Bottoms v. Bottoms: In Whose Best Interest? Analysis of a Lesbian Mother Child Custody Dispute, 34 U. Louisville J. Fam. L. 843 (1996).