Colorado Birth Certificate Changes

Colorado law permits transgendered individuals born in Colorado to change the gender on their birth certificates. Colorado Revised Statutes, § 25-2-115(4), provides:

"Upon receipt of a certified copy of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction indicating that the sex of an individual born in this state has been changed by surgical procedure and that such individual's name has been changed, the certificate of birth of such individual shall be amended as prescribed by regulation."

I can help transgendered clients change their names and obtain the necessary court order to change the gender on their birth certificates. I recognize how important and affirming this process is for transgendered clients, and am happy to assist them with the legal aspects of their transition. If you have undergone gender reassignment surgery, and were born in Colorado, please give me a call.

PLEASE REMEMBER: This statute pertains only to birth certificates issued in Colorado. I cannot help with birth certificates issued out-of-state.

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