The Texas 3rd Court of Appeals dismissed Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal of the temporary order a judge issued last week halting the investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services into the parents of the 16-year-old girl.
Highlights
- Court of Appeals rules ruling against ruling on gender-confirming parents’ rights.
- Court also throws out order to stop state of Texas law requiring parents to report child sex abuse.
- The order was issued last week in response to the judge’s decision to halt the order.
- The ruling means that parents are not being forced to report their children to the state of the law.
- The judge ruled that the order is a violation of constitutional right to report sex abuse to parents of children under age 18 months of age 18 to the age of 18.
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