In these difficult cases, the parents' failure to agree could affect their ability to maintain joint custody, she added.

Ferdinand was eventually able to make a deal that allowed Catherine to maintain custody of her son.

I think a friendly judge might allow us to maintain custody of him for a while.

The most common form of a blended family is a mother and stepfather arrangement, since mothers often maintain custody of the children.

Only a skeleton crew of, we would estimate, perhaps one uniformed Peacekeeper maintains custody over every four or five vehicles.

The courts will give judges the information they need to make informed decisions, and require addicted parents to complete treatment as a condition of maintaining custody.

The state maintained legal custody of Ana, but physical custody was returned to her parents.

They could vote, choose their own husbands and maintain custody of their children after a divorce.

Until our arrival, you may maintain custody of the prisoner.

And what if the police later again maintained poor custody of blood samples?