r/custodybattle

3k members
r/custodybattle is a subreddit with 3k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses custody, court, legal, child custody, and ex.
Providing and sharing experiences to make life simpler when being involved in family law cases that involve children. Many parents can easily digress intro an ugly court case without considering the need of the child. A custody battle is only taking place because we want to do the best for our kids. Not because we want to keep the child maintenance costs as low as possible.

Popular Themes in r/custodybattle

#1
Advice Requests
: "Every weekend custody schedule"
39 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "How the hell can dads afford to fight for their kids!!!"
12 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Apps, document templates, software !!"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "The cost of family law proceedings"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/custodybattle

#1

Custody

: "Custody"
72 posts
#2

Court

: "Does anyone have a good experience with the family Court specifically GAL"
45 posts
#3

Legal

: "Legal advice-primary placement"
27 posts
#4

Child Custody

22 posts
#5

Ex

: "My Ex is accusing me of prostitution during our custody battle"
20 posts
#6

Battle

: "custody Battle with a narcissist…"
20 posts
#7

Advice

: "Custody Advice PLEASE"
20 posts
#8

Help

: "Helping a friend"
20 posts
#9

Father

: "[CA] As a step dad. Can I beat up my step son’s biological Father (during his/her custody battle) if he out of line and completely deserves it? How would it effect my wife’s side of case? (even though the judge already looks at him negatively)"
16 posts
#10

Parent

: "Louisiana : son is in Florida and his father is trying to establish residency while I’m domicile Parent."
16 posts

Member Growth in r/custodybattle

Yearly
+272 members(9.3%)

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Last updated: August 23, 2026