diff --git a/client/src/utils/hasOwn.test.js b/client/src/utils/hasOwn.test.js
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+import { hasOwn } from './hasOwn';
+
+describe('hasOwn', () => {
+  it('should return false when not provided an object', () => {
+    expect(hasOwn()).toEqual(false);
+    expect(hasOwn(null)).toEqual(false);
+    expect(hasOwn([])).toEqual(false);
+    expect(hasOwn(undefined)).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false if the object does not have the key', () => {
+    expect(hasOwn({}, 'a')).toEqual(false);
+    expect(hasOwn({ bb: true }, 'a')).toEqual(false);
+    expect(hasOwn({ AA: 'something' }, 'aa')).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should return true if the object does  have the key', () => {
+    expect(hasOwn({ bb: true }, 'bb')).toEqual(true);
+    expect(hasOwn({ AA: 'something' }, 'AA')).toEqual(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/utils/hasOwn.ts b/client/src/utils/hasOwn.ts
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+/**
+ * Returns true if the specified object has the
+ * indicated property as its own property.
+ */
+const hasOwn = (object: Record<string, unknown>, key: string) =>
+  object ? Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(object, key) : false;
+
+export { hasOwn };