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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The superstar singer even said that, after splitting from filmmaker Guy Ritchie in 2008, the pair were caught in a tricky custody battle when their son, Rocco, turned 16 in 2016.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
This custody battle dragged on for months, with the woman giving birth in the middle of it all.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
In the years after their split, the exes were entangled in a heated custody battle involving Hudson.
—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
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
This custody battle dragged on for months, with the woman giving birth in the middle of it all.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
In the years after their split, the exes were entangled in a heated custody battle involving Hudson.
—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
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“Custody battle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/custody%20battle. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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