Supreme Court declines to intervene in surrogacy custody dispute
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a custody dispute involving a California couple and an Alaska surrogate. Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency request from McKenna West, the surrogate, who had asked the court to halt a California court order recognizing the couple, Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, as the legal parents of a child born with a rare and serious heart defect. The dispute gained national attention after the surrogate reportedly rejected an abortion request from the couple and relocated to Texas. The California court had already issued a parentage judgment in favor of the couple, and the Supreme Court’s decision leaves the matter to be resolved through state courts. No further action by the Supreme Court is expected at this time.
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