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This set of pages can help you make a Court Petition and a Court Order to change your gender marker in probate court (click those links to view the documents one at a time, and form fields in context). Fill out the fields on this page, then click the links.

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  1. Choose the county you will be filing your Petition in. These templates are set up for this to be your county of residence. (filing county) County, Alabama
  2. EXPERIMENTAL: If you do not reside in (filing county) County, indicate that here (so we can remove the line in the petition that claims you do reside there): (filing county residency)
  3. Enter the name of the Judge of Probate in that county: (probate judge name in your filing county)
  4. Enter your full name as shown on your birth certificate: (full name on birth certificate)
  5. Enter your full date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy format): (full date of birth)
  6. Enter the sex marker as shown on your birth certificate (you are changing away from this): (gender on birth certificate, male/female). That means the court order, if granted, would change your birth certificate to read "(gender desired on birth certificate)".
  7. Enter your current legal name: (full legal name)
  8. Enter the county you had changed your name in: (name change county) County, Alabama
  9. Enter the probate court case number that changed your name: (name change case number)
  10. Enter the date your name change order was issued (mm/dd/yyyy format): (name change case date)
  11. Enter the name of the doctor who wrote your letter of support: Dr. (doctor)
  12. Enter your full address including city, state, and ZIP code: (full address)
  13. Enter your telephone number in (XXX) XXX-XXXX format: (telephone number)
  14. EXPERIMENTAL: If you are getting your petition notarized in a different county than you're planning to file it in, enter that county here. Otherwise, leave this blank and we'll default to your filing county: (notary county)

PROBATE COURT OF (filing county) COUNTY, ALABAMA

In re: (full legal name),
Petitioner. 		)
) 		Case No.:

VERIFIED PETITION TO MODIFY BIRTH CERTIFICATE

COMES NOW (full legal name), pro se, and petitions this Honorable Court to grant a modification in Petitioner's birth certificate, and in support therefor states as follows:

  1. I reside in (filing county) County, Alabama, such that jurisdiction and venue are proper in this Court.
  2. I am over eighteen (18) years of age.
  3. I have undergone all medically-indicated treatments, procedures and/or surgeries that are irreversible for the purpose of gender transition from that of a (gender on birth certificate, male/female) to a (gender desired on birth certificate).
  4. In support of this Petition, I have attached hereto a letter from my medical provider, Dr. (doctor) (see Exhibit A).
  5. I have previously filed a petition to have my name legally changed, and said Petition was granted by (name change county output) (Case No. (name change case number) via Order Changing Name entered (name change case date), and a copy of said Decree is attached hereto (see Exhibit B).
  6. Ala. Code (1975) Section 22-9a-19 permits an individual whose sex has been changed by surgical procedure and who has obtained a legal name change to have a court order their gender marker reflect their new sex.
  7. This petition is not submitted with the intention of defrauding another of any rights.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, I respectfully request that this Court issue an Order indicating that Petitioner has undergone all medically-indicated treatments, procedures and/or surgeries that are irreversible for the purpose of gender transition from that of a (gender on birth certificate, male/female) to a (gender desired on birth certificate) and that Petitioner has, by Order of the Court, had (his/her) name changed pursuant to the requirements of issuing a new birth certificate reflecting the foregoing changes.

Respectfully submitted this the
day of
, 20
.

(full legal name), Petitioner
(full address)
(telephone number)
STATE OF ALABAMA
(notary county output) COUNTY

I, , a Notary Public in and for said County, in said State, hereby certify that (full legal name), whose name is signed to the foregoing Verified Petition to Modify Birth Certificate and who is known to me, acknowledged before me, on this day, that, being informed of the contents of this conveyance, the Petitioner has executed the same voluntarily, on the day the same bears date.

Given under my hand, this the day of , 20.


Notary Public
My commission expires:

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF (filing county) COUNTY, ALABAMA

In re: (full legal name),
Petitioner. 		)
) 		Case No.:

ORDER TO AMEND A VITAL RECORD

This matter came before the Court on Petitioner's Verified Petition to Modify Birth Certificate, and having found that the Petitioner has already changed (his/her) name to (full legal name) via order of (name change county, order output) in Case # (name change case number), and having found that the Petitioner has undergone all medically indicated treatments, procedures, and/or surgeries to complete transition from (gender on birth certificate, male/female) to (gender desired on birth certificate), it is of the opinion of the Court that the Petitioner is entitled to the relief requested herein. The Court hereby ORDERS, ADJUDGES, AND DECREES:

The Alabama Office of Vital Statistics shall amend the birth certificate for (full legal name), formerly known as (full name on birth certificate), born in the State of Alabama on (full date of birth), to reflect that the Petitioner's gender/sex is (gender desired on birth certificate), as provided in Ala. Code § 22-9A-19(d).

Done this
day of
, 20
.

Judge of Probate, (filing county) County
STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF (filing county) 		)
)

I, (probate judge name in your filing county), Judge of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a true, correct, and complete copy of Order to Amend Vital Records, Probate Court Case #, as same appears of record in my office.

Given under my hand and seal of office this
day of
, 20
.

Judge of Probate, (filing county) County