Yes, Residency is not required to file in Travis County.

Yes, Travis County judges have been trained to use the same verbiage that is used to update a passport.

Yes, both parents must be on-board. Contact us if your child is under 10.

Yes. All criminal history needs to be disclosed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get it done.
– You will need to be completely “off papers” for two years before you can go to court for a name and/or gender marker change.
– Please, be honest with your volunteer attorney. They want to do the best to set you up for success.

The court systems have a “fee waiver”. In order to see if you qualify, you must fill out the affidavit of inability to pay. See the video below the FAQs for instructions to fill out the Statement of Inability to Afford Payment.

No, we encourage everyone to e-file. Submitting your documents online.

No, we encourage everyone to get a doctor’s note and use that. The same note used for this can be used to update your passport when and if you want to get that done.

Not on a Texas id or driver’s license. You can get a passport if that is important to you.

No. The card must be signed by someone who witnessed you inking your fingerprints.

Texas does not recognize a gender marker on state documents. It only uses the designation “sex marker”. This is especially important if you have a Texas birth certificate.
– If the word “sex” isn’t there you will need a new court order.

The petition is asking the court to grant the name and/or gender marker.
The order is what the judge signs ordering other institutions to do what they said. For example, change your name.

Because Texas does not recognize orders for other states. Unfortunately, you will have to go through the process again.

No, unfortunately we cannot.