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Court Sides With Millionaire in Wild Egg-Donor Custody Case

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Jordan Schnitzer’s ex-girlfriend went to court for parental rights and won. Now an appeals court has reversed that decision.

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An Oregon developer and patron of the arts has been declared the sole parent of a boy conceived with his sperm and his ex-girlfriend’s donated eggs—stripping her of any rights to the child.

A ruling by the state appeals court overturned a lower court decision that both Jordan Schnitzer, 70, and...

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