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The Texas Supreme Court has lifted a halt on state child abuse investigations when minors undergo gender-transition treatment.
At the same time, the ruling wasn’t a complete win for Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, who pushed for the investigations, as the court ruled they lack the authority to order such action.
The state’s highest court also kept in place the lower court’s temporary injunction on a child abuse investigation of the parents of a 16-year-old who sued the state after the Department of Family and Protective Services opened a probe of the family.
“The Governor and the Attorney General were certainly well within their rights to state their legal and policy views on this topic, but DFPS was not compelled by law to follow them,” said the Friday ruling. “DFPS’s press statement, however, suggests that DFPS may have considered itself bound by either the Governor’s letter, the Attorney General’s Opinion, or both. Again, nothing before this Court supports the notion that DFPS is so bound.”
The American Civil Liberties Union and the LGBTQ advocates at Lambda Legal cheered the decision as “a win for our clients and the rule of law.” --->READ MORE HERE
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a lower court erred in issuing an injunction blocking state child abuse investigations of the parents of transgender children, but also concluded that the governor and attorney general do not have the authority to order such investigations.
The court allowed the injunction to remain in the case of one family whose lawsuit prompted the statewide injunction in the first place. Two parents of a 16-year-old transgender child sued the state after Department of Family and Protective Services began an investigation into the family.
Texas governor Greg Abbott ordered DFPS to investigate parents who facilitate gender-transition surgeries and/or hormone treatment in February. Under the new court ruling, only DFPS retains the authority to open new investigations or continue investigations that have already begun. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to related stories:
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