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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In the years after their split, the exes were entangled in a heated custody battle involving Hudson.
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Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Markel was gunned down in his driveway in Tallahassee in what prosecutors had called a cold-blooded family plot to free her daughter, Wendi Adelson, from a bitter custody battle following a messy divorce.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Fuller claimed at sentencing that the killing had nothing to do with the custody battle.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors will undoubtedly grill Wendi Adelson about what role her mother played in the post-divorce custody battle.
—Jeff Burlew, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
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Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Markel was gunned down in his driveway in Tallahassee in what prosecutors had called a cold-blooded family plot to free her daughter, Wendi Adelson, from a bitter custody battle following a messy divorce.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Fuller claimed at sentencing that the killing had nothing to do with the custody battle.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors will undoubtedly grill Wendi Adelson about what role her mother played in the post-divorce custody battle.
—Jeff Burlew, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for custody battle
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“Custody battle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/custody%20battle. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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