It's a cliche to say that children are usually the victims in divorces and custody disputes, but the victimization is often literal, not metaphorical.

In the hospital gift shop, a stranger sobbed on her shoulder for several minutes: Her grandson was a patient in the intensive care unit, and rescuers still hadn't found her son.

I have found that children in joint custody adjust to living in two households better than I could.

The latest figures show that 460 people are in intensive care.

No; you're not fit to be your own guardian, Isabella, now; and I, being your legal protector, must detain you in my custody, however distasteful the obligation may be.