Legal Opinion

K. v. Health Div., Dept. of Human Resources

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided March 3, 1977No. TC - C-2180, SC - 24723PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*373TONGUE, J.

The original petitioner, a transsexual person, filed in Multnomah County a petition for a certificate for change of sex from female to male and "that birth and school records should be changed in accordance with such certificate.”

That court entered an order which not only granted the petition for change of name but entered a further order, over the objection on special appearance by the State Board of Health, that "a new birth certificate shall be issued to petitioner by the State Board of Health * * * designating the sex as male and the name as” K.1

The Court of Appeals affirmed…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Star MacHinery CompanyOregon Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Anonymous v. WeinerNew York Supreme Court · 1966
  3. K v. Health Div., Dept. of Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1976
  4. Kelly v. Stanmar, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1966

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. 1000 Friends of Ore. v. Bd. of Cty. Com'rs, Etc.Oregon Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Ex parte Delgado HernándezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 2005
  3. State v. GarzaOregon Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Littleton v. Prange, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999
  5. In re Declaratory Relief for LadrachStark County Probate Court · 1987

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