21.   A third mayoral hopeful, Manny Diaz, is a prominent local lawyer who represented the Miami relatives of Elian Gonzalez in the custody battle last year.

22.   After all, it focuses on a child custody battle that will naturally make viewers take sides.

23.   After the custody battle in the courts, Ms. Evans said, the girls needed therapy.

24.   After the custody battle, Talley disappeared from public view.

25.   All day, announcers praised Elian as a heroic boy and model child, whose father showed courage and dignity throughout the custody battle.

26.   Brown himself responded noncommittally when asked by reporters outside the offices of the Nicole Brown Simpson Charitable Foundation today whether his family intended to pursue a custody battle.

27.   But in custody battles over fertilized embryos, courts have favored the special respect status.

28.   But none have received the attention of the most famous first-grader in the world, the subject of an international custody battle.

29.   But when his character was involved in a custody battle over his infant son, Douglas found a story line that hit home.

30.   But there has been no custody battle.