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2. Baby M - Wikipedia

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   In re Baby M was a custody case that became the first American court ruling on the validity of surrogacy.William Stern entered into a surrogacy agreement with Mary Beth Whitehead, arranged by the Infertility Center of New York ("ICNY"), opened in 1981 by a Michigan attorney, Noel Keane. [1]

3. Ex parte - Wikipedia

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   In law, ex parte (/ ɛ k s ˈ p ɑːr t eɪ,-iː /) is a Latin term meaning literally "from/out of the party/faction [1] of" (name of party/faction, often omitted), thus signifying "on behalf of (name)". An ex parte decision is one decided by a judge without requiring all of the parties to the dispute to be present.

4. Search warrant - Wikipedia

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   A search warrant is a court order that a magistrate or judge issues to authorize law enforcement officers to conduct a search of a person, location, or vehicle for evidence of a crime and to confiscate any evidence they find. In most countries, a search warrant cannot be issued in aid of civil process.

5. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving ...

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Ex parte Bain, 121 U.S. 1 ... Michigan v. Bryant, 131 S. Ct. 1143 ...

6. Child custody laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.

7. Burden of proof (law) - Wikipedia

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   The "some credible evidence" standard is used as a legal placeholder to bring some controversy before a trier of fact, and into a legal process. It is on the order of the factual standard of proof needed to achieve a finding of "probable cause" used in ex parte threshold determinations needed before a court will issue a search warrant.