Dallas Court weighs who has custody of baby born via Alaska surrogate as HLHS case unfolds

A Dallas County judge extended a 14‑day temporary restraining order barring surrogate McKenna West from seeing, holding, transporting or making medical decisions for the baby she delivered while a Texas case decides who has parental rights between West and the child’s genetic parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed. California had already ruled Gilkar and Ahmed are the legal parents, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened to push for life‑saving care at birth (later withdrawing after the baby’s surgery). The infant, diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, remains in critical condition, raising questions about cross‑state surrogacy contracts and which jurisdiction governs parentage and medical decisions.