In Re RW Heilig

WILNER, Judge.

Petitioner was born in Pennsylvania in 1948. His birth certificate, issued by the Department of Health of that State, records his name as Robert Wright Heilig and his sex as male.

In March, 2001, Mr. Heilig filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, in which he alleged that he was then a Maryland resident and that he was “transitioning from male to female.” Invoking the equitable jurisdiction of the court, he asked for an order that would change his name to Janet Heilig Wright and change his “sexual identity” designation from male to female. He noted in his…