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# Lawsuit Challenges School’s Secret Social Transition of Student Without Parental Consent
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/85973-lawsuit-challenges-schools-secret-social-transition-of-student-without-parental-consent/
- Published: 2026-01-05T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T17:14:29.000Z
- Description: A Maine mother is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that public schools violate the Constitution when they secretly socially transition a child and withhold critical information from parents.
- Author: News
- Tags: #Category: News, Gender Ideology, Transgender Youth, Supreme Court, Parental Consent, Parental Control

**WASHINGTON, D.C. —** A Maine mother is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to [hear her lawsuit against a public school](https://www.christianpost.com/news/mom-of-girl-socially-transitioned-at-school-takes-case-to-scotus.html) she says violated her parental rights by socially transitioning her teenage daughter without her consent. The Goldwater Institute announced on December 22 that it filed a petition on behalf of Amber Lavigne against Great Salt Bay Community School, five months after a federal appeals court rejected her claims.

[![](https://uoj.news/content/images/2026/09/85973-lawsuit-challenges-schools-secret-social-transition-of-student-without-parental-consent-image.jpg)On this topicTexas Doctor Who 'Transitioned' Children Surrenders Medical License](https://uoj.news/news/85482-texas-doctor-who-transitioned-children-surrenders-medical-license/)

Lavigne’s case dates to December 2022, when she discovered that her then-13-year-old daughter had received a chest binder from a school social worker and was being referred to by a male name and pronouns without her knowledge. School officials defended their actions as compliant with state policies intended to ensure a “safe, welcoming and inclusive educational environment.”

The Goldwater Institute argues the school violated Lavigne’s constitutional right to direct her child’s upbringing. The case comes amid broader national debate and similar Supreme Court petitions over parental notification and school policies related to gender identity.  
  
Previously, the [UOJ reported](https://uoj.news/news/84657-stanford-medicine-halts-gender-surgeries-for-minors/) that Stanford Medicine had halted gender surgeries on minors.