Judge Overrules Jury in James Younger Custody Battle
Update of our previous article about Jeffrey Younger’s efforts to save his son.
The Texan just reported that Judge Kim Cooks ruled that Jeffrey Younger and Dr. Anne Georgulas will remain in joint managing conservatorship of their son, 7-year-old James Younger. Cooks overruled an earlier eleven to one jury decision that denied Mr. Younger sole conservatorship over the boy.
Georgulas insists that James is really a girl and calls him “Luna.” Younger, her ex-husband, understands that James is biologically male and believes Georgulas began pushing him to identify as a girl when he was almost 3 years old.
The judge also placed a gag order on the father and said both parents will have a say in 7-year-old James’ and his twin brother Jude’s medical treatment. This begs the question of how James will be raised and what kind of therapy and medical treatment he will receive, since the parents are in such strong disagreement.
After the jury decision, Governor Greg Abbot tweeted that two Texas agencies were looking into the case, the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Those investigations remain ongoing.
A group of Texas legislators has said they will introduce a bill to keep doctors from giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors. You can read more about Texas politicians’ responses to the case, here.
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Jeff Johnston is a culture and policy analyst for Focus on the Family and a staff writer for the Daily Citizen. He researches, writes and teaches about topics of concern to families such as parental rights, religious freedom, LGBT issues, education and free speech. Johnston has been interviewed by CBS Sunday Morning, The New York Times, Associated Press News, The Christian Post, Rolling Stone and Vice, and is a frequent guest on radio and television outlets. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from San Diego State University with a Bachelors in English and a Teaching Credential. He and his wife have been married 30 years and have three grown sons.
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