The fight over the tape revealed the ways in which the investigation in Connecticut hangs as a large unresolved issue over the custody proceedings in New York.

"Have you ever had conversations with Laurel Vega concerning these custody proceedings and the children?"

Ronda Glenn, an attorney appointed to represent the boy's mother in custody proceedings, said she had "never heard of anybody that young being placed in the McLean County jail."

Mr. Perelman had wanted the custody proceedings closed to the public; the Appellate Division ruled last Friday that they must be open.

PAS theory is currently considered by most mental health professionals as inadmissible in court custody proceedings.

Until the final custody proceedings are over, it is best for Kirsty that she remain here, where her friends are, where she feels most at home.

On Friday, Congress passed a resolution directing the states to consider domestic violence in custody proceedings.

The adoption bill before the House will exempt custody proceedings from tribal court jurisdiction if they involve children whose parents do not maintain "significant social, cultural or political affiliation with the tribe."

In addition to governing the jurisdiction and recognition of judgements on the dissolution of marriages, the regulation also covers the custody proceedings that in many cases accompany a divorce.

"She made the charge in the custody proceedings?"