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THE TRANSGENDER PETITIONER’S REQUEST TO SEAL THE RECORDS OF THE NAME-CHANGE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED; CRITERIA EXPLAINED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Supreme Court’s denial of petitioner’s request to seal the court records, determined petitioner’s transgender status justified the sealing of the records of the name-change proceedings:

… “[W]hether to grant or deny a sealing request under Civil Rights Law § 64-a depends solely upon the potential for harm to the applicant arising from public access to a court record of the applicant’s name change proceeding” and “a court abuses its discretion by relying upon real or theoretical ‘public interest concerns’ to deny a Civil Rights Law § 64-a sealing request” … . Said directly, “[t]o decline to seal the record despite the applicant’s showing of jeopardy is to place the applicant at risk of the very harms the statute is meant to guard against” … .

Petitioner in this case affirmed his transgender status and indicated that he was seeking to change his name to one that reflects his male gender identity in conformance with the name he uses in his personal and professional life. Petitioner also expressed fear that exposure to the records from this proceeding would effectively expose his transgender status and expose him to increased risk for hate crimes, harassment and other discrimination. Those circumstances warrant entitlement to have the record of his name change proceeding sealed pursuant to Civil Rights Law § 64-a … . Matter of Abigail X., 2026 NY Slip Op 01104, Third Dept 2-26-26

 

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