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custody battle stories: 38 news summaries

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Runaway
Muslim Girl Sparks Furor

Girl converted to Christianity, sought protection from parents

Oct 15, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Ohio teen has found herself straddling the fault line between the world's two biggest religions after converting to Christianity and running away from her Muslim parents. A judge in Florida, where 17-year-old Rifqa Bary was being sheltered by pastors she met on a Facebook group, has ruled that she... More »

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Muslim Americans • religion • Muslim • Christians • convert • honor killings • custody battle • Rifqa Bary

Jon, Kate Face Off After Late-Night Fight

Estranged wife didn't like his cocktail waitress-turned-nanny

Aug 15, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin didn’t kiss, but they did seem to make up yesterday after a heated argument over Jon's choice of nanny, Us reports. In a photo of the reunion, Kate appears defensive, putting a hand on her chest as their children look on. One child is wiping... More »

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entertainment • divorce • custody battle • celebrity divorces • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Jon Kate fight

No Deal on Custody of Jackson Kids: Rowe Lawyer

Reports of $4M payout 'completely false'

Jul 14, 09 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - No deal on the custody of Michael Jackson’s children has been reached, Debbie Rowe’s attorney tells CNN. Eric George refuted a story in the New York Post that Rowe had agreed to a $4 million payout to drop her bid to look after Jackson's two elder kids, who... More »

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New York Post • Michael Jackson • attorney • custody battle • grandmother • Debbie Rowe • Katherine Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson

 Rowe Drops 
 Bid for Jacko's 
 Kids ... for $4M 

Babymama gives up rights for the final time, says a source

Jul 14, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Debbie Rowe is giving up her custody fight against Michael Jackson’s mother—for the bargain price of $4 million, a family source tells the New York Post. “It’s one final payday,” the source says. “They felt it was like a ransom-type thing.” The biological... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Michael Jackson • custody battle • Debbie Rowe • Katherine Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson

OPINION

 Rowe Wants Kids— 
 or More Cash 

If it's truly the kids she's after, she's only hurting them

Jul 3, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - After Debbie Rowe announced she wanted custody of Michael Jackson’s two older children, her lawyer “scrambled to say she had reached no final decision,” writes Michael Daly for the New York Daily News. Which means she could probably still be persuaded to, say, accept another big payment... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • death • Michael Jackson • custody battle • Debbie Rowe • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • Blanket Jackson • celebrity death

 Rowe, Alleged Bio-Mom 
 Weigh Jackson Custody Bids 

Rowe's relationship with children has been sporadic since 1999

Jul 2, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The battle for Michael Jackson’s three children is heating up: Ex-wife Debbie Rowe is considering a custody bid, and another alleged ex-wife has come out of the woodwork. Rowe, who gave birth to the two oldest, has been in and out of their lives since 1999, and once... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Michael Jackson • custody battle • Debbie Rowe • Katherine Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • celebrity death • Nona Paris Lola Jackson

JACKSON ROUNDUP

 Custody Battle Over 
 Michael's Kids Heats Up 


Jun 26, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s parents and Debbie Rowe, the ex-wife who’s the mother of two of Jackson’s children, are already murmuring about custody, the Sun reports. “It will be probably the start of a long battle,” the Jackson family lawyer said, adding that Michael’s mother, Katherine,... More »

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entertainment • children • Michael Jackson • custody battle • The Game • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • Debbie Rowe • tribute song • Katherine Jackson

(Newser) - Lawyers for Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter—aka Clark Rockefeller—want his conviction overturned because the jury was unfairly prejudiced against their client, the Boston Globe reports. Rockefeller was found guilty of kidnapping his daughter. The lawyers say the prosecution “eviscerated” their insanity defense during closing arguments by calling an... More »

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Boston • kidnapping • Massachusetts • conviction • custody battle • expert testimony • criminal trial • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss • Sandra Boss • Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter • Snooks • insanity defense • prejudice • defense attorney

Pa. Trooper Dies After Chase, Shootout

Suspect kidnapped
his own son, was
killed at the scene

Jun 8, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania state trooper who was injured during a police chase and shootout in the Poconos has died, the Express-Times reports. The incident began last night with a custody dispute. When police arrived at a home in Nazareth, Pa., the 31-year-old suspect fled, taking his 9-year-old son with him. The... More »

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Pennsylvania • custody battle • state troopers • gunfire • police chase

(Newser) - Levi Johnston is shopping a tell-all memoir about his experience with the Palin family, the National Enquirer reports. Insiders say the estranged father of Sarah Palin’s grandson is hoping to start a war chest in advance of an anticipated custody battle. “If Levi could get a million... More »

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literature • memoir • custody battle • Sarah Palin • celebrity tell-alls • publishing industry • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

 Gossip Girl  
 Star's Divorce 
 Turns Ugly 

Kelly Rutherford, hubby David Giersch trade nasty allegations, legal documents

Jan 13, 09 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Sounds like something from her Gossip Girl script: Shortly after filing for divorce from her multi-millionaire hubby, 4-months-pregnant Kelly Rutherford, 40, fears he’ll fly the coop to his native Germany with their 2-year-old son Hermes, People reports. David Giersch, 34, has allegations of his own, claiming the actress is... More »

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divorce • celebrity • custody battle • celebrity divorces • Gossip Girl • celebrity parents • Kelly Rutherford • David Giersch • Hermes Giersch

Troops Must Also Fight
for Custody

Ex-spouses use deployment as an argument against military parents

Dec 30, 08 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - They already risk their lives daily in Afghanistan and Iraq, but members of the US military increasingly face a different kind of fight on the home front: custody battles. As military divorce rates rise, so too do the number of ex-spouses of troops using deployment as a legal argument in... More »

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Iraq • military • US troops • custody • child custody • custody battle • troops' families

Madonna, Guy to Spend Christmas Together

Divorcing couple to make nice for kids

Dec 14, 08 2:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Feuding exes Madonna and Guy Ritchie have called a truce for Christmas, the Mail reports. The divorcing couple, still locked in a custody battle over their two sons, will spend the holiday together at Ritchie’s British estate. Rocco, 8, and David 3, have been with their mom while she’... More »

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divorce • London • New York • Christmas • Madonna • custody battle • Guy Ritchie

Stone Planned to Botox 8-Year-Old Son

'Overreaction' to foot odor part of bizarre pattern bared in custody order

Oct 1, 08 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actress Sharon Stone consistently overreacted to what she saw as medical issues involving her young son and once planned to use botox injections in his feet to stop foot odor, TMZ reports. The bizarre behavior surfaced in a judge's ruling granting custody of 8-year-old Roan to his father, San Francisco... More »

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Botox • custody battle • Sharon Stone • Phil Bronstein

 Stone Denied Custody of Son 

Ex Phil Bronstein keeps sole physical custody

Sep 24, 08 9:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Sharon Stone lost another round of custody proceedings over her oldest son. A judge denied her request for primary custody of 8-year-old Roan, who's been living with his father, former San Fransisco Chronicle executive editor Phil Bronstein. The couple divorced in 2004 after six years of marriage. More »

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San Francisco • child custody • custody battle • celebrity divorces • Sharon Stone

 Baldwin Rails on Family Court 

Blames custody battle for "little pig" message to daughter

Sep 23, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(AP) - Fresh off his Emmy win Sunday, Alec Baldwin took his bitter custody battle public yesterday, promoting a new book, A Promise to Ourselves, about his experience divorcing Kim Basinger. He told a crowd of 120 people in San Francisco that it was his anger and frustration over the process... More »

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Alec Baldwin • book • custody battle • celebrity divorces

 Spears
 Custody Circus
 Price Tag: $700K 

Britney must pay ex K-Fed legal fees

Aug 19, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears' recently resolved custody battle with ex Kevin Federline will cost her $716,000 in legal fees—and she didn’t even get custody of the kids. The struggling pop star must pony up $466,000 for her two legal eagles and another $250,000 for Federline’s attorneys,... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • Los Angeles • legal fees • custody battle • celebrity parents

Mom Fights to Keep Child
She Let Wed Jeffs at 12

Daughter married Texas sect leader two years ago

Aug 19, 08 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A woman who allegedly allowed her 12-year-old daughter to marry polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs is now battling to stop Texas officials from taking custody of the girl and her younger brother, AP reports. Several of the 10 children of Barbara Jessop, accused of child abuse, have been linked to... More »

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Texas • child abuse • custody battle • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • polygamists

 'Rockefeller' Forged
 New Phony Life

Kidnap dad created yet another identity in Baltimore: cops

Aug 4, 08 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bogus blueblood Clark Rockefeller, who went on the lam after abducting his 7-year-old daughter during a custody dispute, was creating a new identity in Baltimore when he was arrested Saturday, reports the Boston Herald. He was using the name Chip Smith or sometimes Clark Rock, and had already been building... More »

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FBI • crime • abduction • Baltimore • custody battle • Clark Rockefeller • Boston Police Department • Reigh Boss • Charles "Chip" Smith • Clark Rock

 Missing Girl's Dad Bought Gold

Converted cash to bullion to use anywhere in world, say cops

Jul 31, 08 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The wealthy businessman accused of abducting his 7-year-old daughter has apparently exchanged cash for gold as part of his elaborate kidnapping plot, reports the Boston Globe. Clark Rockefeller, a man with a mystery history who lied about his connections to the Rockefeller family, can use the gold anywhere in the... More »

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crime • abduction • Coast Guard • gold • custody battle • Amber Alert • Clark Rockefeller • Boston Police Department • Serenity • Reigh Boss

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