The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that transgender individuals can be exempt from a name change law. While Indiana state law requires that all residents who intend to change their name publish an announcement of the change in their home county newspaper at least three times for public record, the court ruled 3-0 on Thursday that transgender people can get an exemption from the law. The court also ruled that changing one’s gender on a birth certificate does not fall under the publication law.
Indiana state law requires that a name change is announced at least three times in a newspaper from the petitioner’s home county in order to mark the change in public record. An exemption for this requirement is only allowed if doing so might endanger an individual.
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