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Guardian Life & Style (US) • Jan. 18, 2026, 6:20 a.m.

I was warned my children would be ripped in half when we divorced. But I had no idea just how brutal custody cases can be

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My experience of court was eye-opening. And when I sat in on other cases, I realised how often mothers are vilified It’s 1836 and the French writer George Sand is swimming in the River Indre with her clothes on, weighed down by layers of ankle-length fabric.

To anyone passing by, she must look mad or worse – driven by a death wish. But for her there is the relief of cool water sluicing hot skin, after walking for hours in 30C heat.

She’s been moving all day because if she stops she’ll remember how frightened she is: she’s about to go to court to fight for her children against a husband driven by punitive anger. Custodire .

Source: theguardian.com ↗

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