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| − | ** "[https://www.facebook.com/groups/239080616277407/permalink/610544909130974/?comment_id=610649989120466&reply_comment_id=610654805786651 After [Judge Tim Sulak] said everything was there, he said nothing else to do but sign it. I said I was gonna cry, and he said its ok to. Wonderful experience.]". | + | ** "[https://www.facebook.com/groups/239080616277407/permalink/610544909130974/?comment_id=610649989120466&reply_comment_id=610654805786651 After [Judge Tim Sulak] said everything was there, he said nothing else to do but sign it. I said I was gonna cry, and he said its ok to. Wonderful experience.]".<br>"[https://www.facebook.com/groups/239080616277407/permalink/610544909130974/?comment_id=610649989120466&reply_comment_id=610757822443016 Very nice man. [...] pretty much in and out. No questions.]" |
* Judge Gisela D. Triana | * Judge Gisela D. Triana | ||
Revision as of 00:56, 28 September 2016
Main Page > Travis
This page has Travis-specific information on name & gender marker change.
Look on this page to see who's the scheduled judge for the week. It gets updated every Friday. (If the link is broken, try poking around beginning on the Travis County Civil Courts Dockets page; look for links saying "duty judges" or "duty").
Judges
Please list only judges that you know firsthand to be sympathetic/supportive to name and gender marker changes by transgender people.
Friendly
- Judge Suzanne Covington
- April 21, 2015: 201st District Court of Travis County, TX; petition: MtF, name change
- Judge Karin Crump
- Judge Rhonda Hurley
- Sep 20, 2016: petitioner resides in Bastrop; court clerk asked why they're doing the change in a different county. The clerk was informed of the relevant section of the Texas family code and they acquiesced.
- July 1, 2016
- June 20, 2014: 53rd District Court of Travis County, TX; petition: name change and MtF gender marker change
- Judge Scott Jenkins
- Judge Amy Clark Meachum
- "Came back to Austin to get my name changed and Judge Amy Mechaum signed it!! She's so nice!!!"
- "Judge Meachum is known to be LGBT friendly, but one person had issues getting their name changed. The judge ended up allowing the petition to go to a different judge w/o needing to file it again."
- "She's very trans friendly."
- Judge Gus Strauss
- July 26, 2016: 98th District Court of Travis County, TX; petition: name change and MtF gender marker change
- Judge Tim Sulak
- Judge Gisela D. Triana
Hostile
- Judge Amy Clark Meachum. See also above, under "Friendly".
- Petition: MtF, name change
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Procedures
Please only include steps/procedures that are specific to this county. For steps/procedures that apply generally in Texas, please see the Main Page.
