custody disputes
Child placement fights
Custody disputes are legal conflicts between parents or guardians over who will have primary care of a child after separation or divorce.
These battles play out in family courts, where judges weigh factors like stability, parental fitness, and the child's preferences: The custody dispute dragged on for two years.
Bitter custody disputes can involve allegations of abuse, parental alienation, or international abduction.
The term also applies loosely to any contentious disagreement over who controls something valuable.
- parental alienationManipulating child against other parent
- visitation rightsNoncustodial parent's scheduled contact
- child welfareProtecting minors' wellbeing
- tender yearsEarly childhood period
- mediation sessionsFacilitated conflict resolution gatherings
best interests of the child · co-parenting · family law · parental rights · primary caregiver · family therapy · guardianship · court orders · court hearing · expert witness · shared parenting · parenting plans · attachment theory · divorce · child support · custodial parent · children · ruling
- family lawchild support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions, divorce law
- family courtchild support, divorce proceedings, family mediation, visitation, family court judges
- juvenile lawjuvenile law, juvenile court, juvenile courts, juvenile justice, juvenile rights
- ICWAtribal courts, tribal membership, tribal nations, native children, indigenous children
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
- conflict of lawsapplicable law, characterization, characterisation, comity, escape clauses
custody disputesnuclear family
Parents plus their offspring
family harmony · two-parent household · domestic tranquility · family unity