“The Texas Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit over the state's investigations into families with transgender children because most of the investigations were closed and the children are no longer minors.

“In a ruling Friday, the state’s highest civil court ruled that because the Department of Family and Protective Services isn’t actively investigating the families, they no longer face the alleged threats they outlined in their 2022 lawsuits against the agency.

“The plaintiffs argued against dismissing the case, suggesting DFPS could choose to reopen its investigations without the injunction. But the Texas Supreme Court dismissed those concerns over future investigations as too speculative.

“In a joint statement from Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas, and PFLAG — organizations that helped represent the plaintiffs in court — the groups said the high court's ruling is ‘purely procedural’ and doesn't mean DFPS' rule requiring the investigations is lawful.

"’DFPS argued to the Court that, given that gender affirming medical care is no longer lawfully provided to minors in Texas, there is no reason for DFPS to conduct future investigations,’ the statement said. ‘We will hold them to that.’”

Texas Supreme Court tosses suit against state probe into families with transgender children