sole custody
Americannoun
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Under the old sole custody system, only one parent held legal rights after separation.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
"It's really scary. When I got sole custody, I used to think, 'It'll be okay from here on out,' but now there's the possibility that we might be tied together," Ryo said.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Bell’s father asked a San Francisco family court for sole custody in May 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 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
Twenty-five years ago, when our woman's rights movement commenced, by the laws of all the States the father had the sole custody and control of the children.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
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