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+ | [[Rocher.pdf|On August 2, 2016, the 14th Court of Appeals upheld a trial court's decision]] to deny a request for a gender designation change. | ||
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+ | This is similar to another case where a petition for gender marker change denied by trials court and upheld on appeal, petitioner's counsel had asserted that [[Media:Texas Family Code.pdf|Texas Family Code Section 2.005 (b)(8)]] authorizes Texas courts to render sex change orders that judicially change a person's gender identifier. [[See Dallas#Dallas County, August 11, 2016|that case for details]]. |
Revision as of 22:09, 15 October 2016
This page has Harris-specific information on name & gender marker change.
There has been reports that judges in Harris County are hostile to gender marker change.
Contents
Judges
Please list only judges that you know firsthand to be sympathetic/supportive to name and gender marker changes by transgender people.
Friendly
- Nothing known yet.
Hostile
- Nothing known yet.
Unknown
- Nothing known yet.
Court Cases
Harris County, August 2, 2016
On August 2, 2016, the 14th Court of Appeals upheld a trial court's decision to deny a request for a gender designation change.
This is similar to another case where a petition for gender marker change denied by trials court and upheld on appeal, petitioner's counsel had asserted that Texas Family Code Section 2.005 (b)(8) authorizes Texas courts to render sex change orders that judicially change a person's gender identifier. that case for details.