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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Amid dealing with a custody battle that cut time with her two small boys down to alternating weeks, says Butler, her friends hauled her camping on the backside of Pikes Peak in central Colorado and introduced her to target shooting during the trip. — Heide Brandes, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 True crime aficionados will love this new three-part documentary series, which dives deep into the vicious divorce of Allan and Catherine Kassenoff and the custody battle that followed. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 Escaping a bitter custody battle, Myra (Snook) returns home with her young daughter, secretly probing a childhood friend’s suspicious disappearance. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 Their subsequent messy divorce and grueling 14-year-long custody battle were widely covered in tabloids. — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for custody battle

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