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In re A.M.B.

Victory

Overview

GLAD filed an amicus brief with the Maine high court in support of a transgender man who was denied a name change by Cumberland County Probate court.  Ignoring the well-established legal standard that allows anyone to take a new name as long as it is not for fraudulent purposes, the probate judge asked persona, intrusive questions about the petitioner’s reasons for the change and then ultimately denied it.

On June 24, 2010 the Maine Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the Cumberland County Probate Court and ordered that the petitioner, A.M.B., receive a new hearing on his name change application.