Texas has rewritten its rules on birth certificates, but attorneys still encourage same-sex couples to do an adoption. The new rules issued by Texas Vital Statistics Unit give parents a choice how a ...

READ MORE: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-vital-statistics-no-longer-accepts-court-orders-to-update-birth-certificate-sex-markers/ The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) made an ...

After undergoing mediation, the state of Texas has reached an agreement with undocumented families in a lawsuit over its denial to issue birth certificates to children born in the U.S. to undocumented ...

In July 2016, a lawsuit settlement ended the practice of obstructing the issuance of birth certificates to undocumented immigrants' babies in Texas. In November 2016, a number of social media links ...

State officials have refused to give an untold number of Texas-born children birth certificates due to their parents’ immigration status, according to a lawsuit that was filed earlier this year. More ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is not allowing transgender people to use court orders to get their sex changed on their birth certificates. This comes just weeks after DPS stopped accepting those orders for ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — If you're needing a copy of vital records like a birth or death certificate from the City of Corpus Christi, those documents are being moved to city hall. Vital records were ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) made an unannounced policy change Friday, modifying its requirements for Texans seeking to change the sex marker on their birth ...

Texas Vital Statistics no longer accepts court orders to update birth certificate sex markers News ...