N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 67-a: Order

§ 67-a. Order. If the court to which the petition is presented is

satisfied thereby, or by the affidavit and certificate presented

therewith, that the petition is true, and that there is no reasonable

objection to the change of sex designation proposed, and if the petition

is to change the sex designation of an infant, that the interests of the

infant will be substantially promoted by the change, the court shall

make an order authorizing the petitioner to assume the sex designation

proposed.