child-custody

noun Law.

1. custody(def 4).

noun, plural cus·to·dies.

1. keeping; guardianship; care.
2. the keeping or charge of officers of the law: The car was held in the custody of the police.
3. imprisonment; legal restraint: He was taken into custody.
4. Also called child custody. Law. the right of determining the residence, protection, care, and education of a minor child or children, especially in a divorce or separation.Compare joint custody, sole custody.

noun plural -dies

1. the act of keeping safe or guarding, esp the right of guardianship of a minor
2. the state of being held by the police; arrest (esp in the phrases in custody, take into custody)