Judge delays custody decision in surrogacy fight over newborn with heart defect
Summary
A Dallas judge delayed a decision about who will have custody of a newborn baby with a rare heart defect born to a surrogate. The legal dispute involves the baby's parents and the surrogate, with a court order requiring medical care for the baby, who has undergone surgery.Key Facts
- The baby was born in Texas on August 12 through surrogacy to McKenna West, who traveled from Alaska.
- The baby has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare condition where the left side of the heart is underdeveloped.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office intervened, securing a court order for the baby’s medical care and a restraining order giving the parents decision rights.
- The baby's parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, want custody and say the baby is loved and wanted.
- The surrogate, West, opposed abortion and moved to Texas to prevent it after the heart defect diagnosis.
- West admitted to withholding some medical records from the parents.
- The baby had the first of multiple planned heart surgeries shortly after birth and remains in critical condition.
- The judge extended a temporary restraining order for two more weeks while the custody case continues.
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