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custody case

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Noun1.custody case - a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce)
action at law, legal action, action - a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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In any child custody case, fallible human beings are vested with the power to pry into people's private lives and make decisions that will affect them in an intensely personal and sometimes devastating way.
Parent trap: are false abuse charges a common tactic in child custody ... by Young, Cathy / Reason
The controversial parental alienation syndrome, which arose in the family court system in the early 1990s, holds that a parent brainwashes children into believing that the other parent has abused them and makes false allegations to authorities in custody cases.
MOM TERMED `PARENTAL ALIENATOR' WINS RARE VINDICATION IN COURTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Erika is 14 and smack in the middle of a custody case between her parents.
Clements, Bruce. What Erika wants by Winship, Michele / Kliatt
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