https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Italian court has ruled that a 13-year-old boy be removed from his mother's custody due to an alleged "personality disorder" linked to having "almost exclusively female role models". https://www.thelocal.it/20170110/teen-removed-from-mothers-custody-for-being-too-effeminate Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:54:06 +0100 teen-removed-from-mothers-custody-for-being-too-effeminate A judge in Turin has rejected a father's custody appeal, ruling that his daughter was better off remaining with her mother and female partner. https://www.thelocal.it/20150723/italian-judge-entrusts-child-to-lesbian-couple Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:00:26 +0200 italian-judge-entrusts-child-to-lesbian-couple An Italian couple has agreed to share ownership of their dog after their break-up led to a fierce custody battle, Italian media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140908/italian-couple-battle-for-custody-of-dog Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:43:00 +0200 italian-couple-battle-for-custody-of-dog A court in Rome has rejected a custody suit brought about by the biological parents at the centre of an embryo mix-up controversy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140811/embryo-mix-up-twins-must-stay-with-birth-mother Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:47:00 +0200 embryo-mix-up-twins-must-stay-with-birth-mother The twins at the centre of an embryo mix-up controversy have been born, as a custody battle gets underway. https://www.thelocal.it/20140808/embryo-mix-up-twins-born-as-custody-battle-begins Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:44:00 +0200 embryo-mix-up-twins-born-as-custody-battle-begins A father of two from Sicily is in a critical condition after setting himself on fire in protest at not being allowed to see his children whenever he wanted. https://www.thelocal.it/20130905/father-sets-himself-on-fire-over-custody-battle Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:10:00 +0200 father-sets-himself-on-fire-over-custody-battle