<p>The US Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a custody dispute involving an Alaska surrogate and a California couple whose child was born with a serious heart defect. </p><p>On September 22, 2026, Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency request from McKenna West, an Alaska nurse and surrogate, who sought to halt a California court order that recognized Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar as the legal parents of the child.</p>
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US Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in Surrogacy Custody Dispute
The US Supreme Court has chosen not to intervene in a custody dispute between an Alaska surrogate and a California couple regarding their child, who has a serious heart defect. Justice Elena Kagan denied the surrogate's emergency request to stop a California court order that recognized the couple as the child's legal parents.
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