Legal Opinion
Somers v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 10, 2009No. A123445PublishedCited by 1 opinion
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Opinion
MARCHIANO, P. J.—
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INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Gigi Marie Somers (Somers) appeals from an order denying her petition for change of gender on her California birth certificate under Health and Safety Code section 103425. The court denied the petition on the basis that the statute requires a petitioner to file in the county of his or her residence, and plaintiff resides in Kansas. Kansas does not permit a change of gender on a birth certificate for plaintiff. We hold that this requirement impermissibly denies California-born transgender individuals who reside outside of California the same right…
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