From Dallas Voice: http://www.dallasvoice.com/trans-woman-fights-son-10132089.html
Jessica Lynn’s ex-wife is trying to terminate her parental rights in Collin County court, arguing that visitation would be dangerous to 13-year-old’s mental health
Anna Waugh
16 Nov 2012
PLANO — Jessica Lynn hasn’t seen her youngest son in three years.
The separation was helpful while Lynn, who lives in California, transitioned after her ex-wife moved to Plano to be near family in 2009.
But now Lynn has completed her transition, having had gender reassignment surgery in 2010, and she thinks enough time has passed to tell her
13-year-old that his father is now a woman.
“I’m happy. I’m content,” Lynn said. “I would like to see my son.”
But Lynn’s decision to tell her son the truth prompted her ex-wife to file paperwork about a month ago seeking to terminate Lynn’s parental rights on grounds of emotional abuse and abandonment.
In an affidavit filed by Lynn’s ex-wife for a temporary restraining order in Collin County family court, she writes that the child “is not aware of the sex change of his father” and that Lynn’s threat to come to Texas to “exercise visitation” would have an “irreparable” emotional impact and be “dangerous to the mental health and emotional well-being” of their son.
J. Ryan Nordhaus, the attorney representing Lynn’s ex, did not return calls seeking comment. The name of Lynn’s ex is being withheld to protect the privacy of their children, who have the same surname as their mother.
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