31.   But while the emotional custody battle strongly affected many Cubans, these more abstract policy issues now being tackled by the Cuban government may not have the same resonance.

32.   Court records show that the Jackson-Stone custody battle was anything but amicable.

33.   Custody battles were infrequent, as were deadbeat dads and latch-key arrangements after school.

34.   Custody battles?

35.   Divorce, a messy child custody battle, and remarriage also figured into the mix.

36.   Elian has been at the middle of an international custody battle since he was found floating on an inner tube off the coast of Florida on Thanksgiving Day.

37.   Elian, whose father insisted on retaining custody, was eventually sent back to Cuba after a bitter custody battle that outraged many Cuban-Americans.

38.   Even though Americans said religion is related to good parenting, they rejected the notion that judges should take into account the religious beliefs of parents in custody battles.

39.   Fears of custody battles, legal matters and emotional suffering kept them apart.

40.   Finn has been going through a long custody battle, Butler said.