Younger’s family first made headlines in 2019 when a Dallas County judge granted
ex-wife Anne Georgulas, a pediatrician from Coppell, joint custody of the twins. Judge Kim Cooks defied a jury’s earlier 11-1 verdict that awarded sole custody to Georgulas, declining to intervene in any parental decision over gender identity.
Georgulas admitted during testimony that she may have “over-affirmed” the child’s female identity. Judge Cooks was heavily critical of Younger at the time, stating he “finds comfort in public controversy and attention.” The judge accused Younger of being “motivated by financial gain” after the father raised $139,000 in crowdfunding proceeds.
However, Judge Cooks said she set aside the jury’s findings because the state “has no compelling interest to justify such interference” in requiring Younger to “affirm the child and honor the child’s choices.”
The case dragged on for two more years until four months ago, when Dallas County District Judge Mary Brown
granted most parental rights to Georgulas. She granted supervised visits to Younger and barred the mother from beginning “hormonal suppression therapy, puberty blocks, and/or transgender reassignment surgery” without the father’s consent.