Editing Answers in Genesis (section)

===Legal action by Creation Ministries International===
On May 31, 2007, Creation Ministries International filed a lawsuit in [[Supreme Court of Queensland]] against Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis seeking damages and accusing him of "unbiblical/unethical/unlawful behaviour" in his dealings with the Australian organization.<ref name="McKenna_2007" /> Before the split, the Australian group had been producing periodicals, ''Creation'' magazine and ''Journal of Creation'', which were then distributed in other countries by local groups. The Australian group had no access to the list of subscribers in the US. AiG discontinued the distribution arrangement, and produced a new magazine of their own, called ''Answers'', and represented that to subscribers as a replacement.<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://www.christianfaithandreason.com/june_creationmag.html |title=Fellow Christians Aggrieved by Business Practices of Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis |journal=Christian Faith and Reason Magazine |location=Spring Hill, TN |publisher=Guerrilla Enterprise Management |date=May 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627030651/http://www.christianfaithandreason.com/june_creationmag.html |archive-date=June 27, 2007 |access-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> Creation Ministries International claimed $252,000 (US) in damages for lost revenue by misleading and deceptive conduct in relating to lost subscriptions.<ref name="legalclaim">{{cite web |url=http://www.creationontheweb.biz/statement-of-claim.pdf |title=Statement of Claim (4690/07 Supreme Court of Brisbane) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513052009/http://www.creationontheweb.biz/statement-of-claim.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |access-date=July 18, 2007}} Photocopy supplied at the CMI website; see also [http://apps.courts.qld.gov.au/esearching/FileDetails.aspx?Location=BRISB&Court=SUPRE&Filenumber=4690/07 official court file summary]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715041911/http://apps.courts.qld.gov.au/esearching/FileDetails.aspx?Location=BRISB&Court=SUPRE&Filenumber=4690%2F07 |date=July 15, 2020 }}.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mead |first1=Andy |last2=Farrar |first2=Lu-Ann |date=June 17, 2007 |title=Museum group sued by fellow creationists |url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/100183.html |newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader |location=Sacramento, California |publisher=The McClatchy Company |page=A1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620155007/http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/100183.html |archive-date=June 20, 2007 |access-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref> 

An editorial analysis of the situation, including reference to estranged co-founder John Mackay's allegations in 1986 of necrophilia and witchcraft against Ken Ham's personal secretary is offered in an account in the ''Reports of the National Center for Science Education''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lippard |first=Jim  |author-link=Jim Lippard |date=November–December 2006 |title=Trouble in Paradise: Answers in Genesis Splinters |url=http://ncse.com/rncse/26/6/trouble-paradise |journal=Reports of the National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, California |publisher=National Center for Science Education |volume=26 |issue=6 |pages=4–7 |issn=2158-818X |access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> In February 2009, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]] ordered Australian-based Creation Ministries International into arbitration with Answers in Genesis over copyrights and control of affiliates in other countries.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lovan |first=Dylan T. |date=February 14, 2009 |title=Court: Creationists should settle outside court |url=http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=865750&lang=eng_news |newspaper=[[Taiwan News]] |location=Taipei |agency=Associated Press |access-date=April 6, 2008}}</ref> In April 2009, the ministries reached a settlement and ended their dispute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://creation.com/dispute-settled |title=dispute-settled |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Creation.com |publisher=Creation Ministries International |access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref>