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A Legal Q&A for Kids of Trans Parents

Started by Shana A, November 11, 2010, 11:29:42 AM

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Shana A

November 11, 2010, 11:29:42 AM
A Legal Q&A for Kids of Trans Parents
By Mary Novak
November 10, 2010

http://colage.dreamhosters.com/2010/11/a-legal-qa-for-kids-of-trans-parents/

2. How does being transgender affect a person's parentage?

Being transgender should not ordinarily have any effect on one's legal parentage.  It may change the way that a child relates to his or her parent but it should not change the way the legal world views the relationship between parent and child.

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5. How does being transgender affect a determination of custody or visitation during divorce or dissolution of the parents' relationship?

Being transgender should not alone affect a court's determination of a parent's custody or visitation in a break-up.  Unfortunately, many courts share the bias and prejudice that is generally pervasive in our society.  We have certainly seen courts put restrictions on transgender parents that would not be imposed upon non-transgender parents. 
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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