custody battle

noun

: a legal fight between divorced parents about who will take care of a child

a bitter custody battle

Examples of custody battle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That ugly lambasting came in the context of a bitter custody battle over Ireland between Baldwin and his ex-wife Kim Basinger. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

Hanning came under scrutiny in a separate investigation into the abduction of Hamburg businesswoman Christina Block's children from her ex-husband in Denmark in January 2024 in a custody battle that had been going on for several years. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Chris Brown is speaking out after allegedly not being able to see his four-year-old daughter, Lovely, for the last seven months amid a custody battle with his baby mother, Diamond Brown. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026

Court records show McKinsey’s killing came during a contentious divorce with his wife, Candice Jang, and a custody battle over the couple’s three young children. — ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for custody battle

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• tattle
• striatal