custody battle
noun
: a legal fight between divorced parents about who will take care of a child
a bitter custody battle
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Since joining the Miami Herald in 1999, he’s covered the federal courts nonstop, from Elian Gonzalez’s custody battle to Alex Rodriguez’s steroid abuse.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
But Giuffre’s final months were marred by other trauma, including a bitter divorce and custody battle with Robert Giuffre, her by-then-estranged husband.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
Samantha Eggar plays a disturbed woman who brings monsters to a custody battle, manifesting her resentment as pint-size rage babies that threaten her daughter, her ex-husband, and anyone else who gets on her bad side.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
The children were removed from Molly's care and placed with Lynch, who was staying at a hotel in North Carolina as the custody battle waged on.
—Maureen Maher, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
But Giuffre’s final months were marred by other trauma, including a bitter divorce and custody battle with Robert Giuffre, her by-then-estranged husband.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
Samantha Eggar plays a disturbed woman who brings monsters to a custody battle, manifesting her resentment as pint-size rage babies that threaten her daughter, her ex-husband, and anyone else who gets on her bad side.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
The children were removed from Molly's care and placed with Lynch, who was staying at a hotel in North Carolina as the custody battle waged on.
—Maureen Maher, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Custody battle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/custody%20battle. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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