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'''Jean Elizabeth Morgan''', [[M.D.]], [[Ph.D.]] (born [[1947]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[USA]]) is a [[plastic surgeon]] who was involved in a widely publicized and long-running [[child custody]] case over her daughter Hilary.  Morgan claimed that the father, Dr. Eric A. Foretich, an oral surgeon, had sexually abused Hilary.  During the course of the case, Morgan was incarcerated for two years. After her release, and when she was legally able to do, Morgan joined Hillary in [(contracted; show full)

On [[September 25]], [[1989]], Morgan was released from prison. She married her fiance [[Paul Michel]] in December. In February 1990, Morgan's parents and Hilary were found in [[New Zealand]], where they were located in by a [[private investigator]] hired by Foretich. New Zealand chose to maintain the [[status quo]] and let Hillary live with her mother and grandparents. At around this time, Hilary's name was changed to El
lena.

=== The Elizabeth Morgan Act ===
: ''See main article at [[Elizabeth Morgan Act]]

The Act, passed in 1996, allowed Elizabeth Morgan to return to the U.S. with her daughter without having to share custody with Foretich.  Elizabeth and Ellen Morgan returned to the U.S in 1997. In December 2003, a U.S. Court of Appeal decision unanimously struck down the act as unconstitutional, finding that Congress had improperly passed a [[bill of attainder]] with the purpose of depriving Foretich specifically(contracted; show full)
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