MATTER OF McINTYRE


715 A.2d 400 (1998)

In the Matter of Robert Henry McINTYRE. Appeal of Robert Henry McINTYRE.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther E. Milspaw, Jr., and Helen Eichenwald Laux, for McIntyre.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allocatur to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying Appellant's petition to change name. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Appellant, a fifty-three year old male, is a pre-operative transsexual who is undergoing hormonal therapy and psychotherapy in anticipation of sex-reassignment surgery. He has been struggling with personal gender identity issues since the age of ten...

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