sole custody
Americannoun
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Domestic and international criticism has been mounting against the sole custody system in Japan, which critics say led many divorcees to become estranged from their children after losing custody of them.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
Bell’s father asked a San Francisco family court for sole custody in May 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
After her psychiatric hold, Federline says he immediately filed for sole custody, but that set into motion a slew of issues that exacerbated Spears' relationship with their children.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
Martinez instead interprets Berry’s sole custody request as a concerted effort to “game the system” and “obtain a trial result by ambush,” bankrupting him in the process, he said in a Friday filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
In the end the Sultan was prevailed upon to sign a treaty confirming the sole custody of the Holy Sepulchre to the French.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
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