So, now AG Paxton and Mr. Cole, head of the Department of Health Services, have agreed to implement policies which will ensure no other gay or lesbian citizens will be denied requests to amend death certificates. The state officers say they will implement these new policies within just a couple of days. In turn, Judge
Kirk Cole
AG Reconsiders Amending Death Certificate
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Litigation and trial practice
Well, Ken Paxton and Kirk Cole, the head of the Department of Health, reconsidered. They allowed the spouse of a gay man to amend the death certificate to list him as the spouse. It took about a day for Mr. Paxton and Mr. Cole to reconsider and do as they were were compelled to do…