A custody battle between an Alaska surrogate and a California couple has reached the Supreme Court after the justices declined to intervene in a dispute over parental rights. The surrogate, who carried the child for the couple, had sought emergency relief to block a lower court’s ruling recognizing the intended parents as the boy’s legal guardians. The case centers on a child born with a severe heart condition, adding medical urgency to the legal conflict. With the Supreme Court refusing to act, the California court order stands, leaving the surrogate’s appeal unresolved at the federal level.
Surrogate who rejected abortion request had asked justices to halt court order recognizing LA couple as legal parentsThe supreme court has refused to get involved with a custody dispute between an Alaska surrogate and a California couple whose child was born with a rare and serious heart defect.On Tuesday, Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency request from McKenna West, an Alaska nurse and surrogate who had asked the US’s highest court to halt a California court order recognizing the couple, Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, as the boy’s legal parents. Continue reading...
