Custody of the Heart

Aug 28, 2000

1h 31m

★ 5.4

A modern tale: a custody battle turned upside down.

Overview

Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis takes on his new stay-at-home role, Claire's furniture design business takes off. Just as she's beginning to master the art of balancing her home and work life, Dennis serves her with divorce papers and charges her with being an unfit mother. Claire discovers that in a modern courtroom there are still traditional biases unsympathetic to the idea of a woman working three jobs, as a wife, an entrepreneur and a mother.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

BEI The Place Productions

Hearst Entertainment Productions

Daniel L. Paulson Productions

Susan Rose Productions

Lifetime

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Cast

Claire Raphael

Lorraine Bracco

Dennis Raphael

Martin Donovan

Nick Brody

Dennis Boutsikaris

Alice

Sheila McCarthy

Rona

Nancy Palk

John 'Johnny' Raphael

Michael Cera

Clara Kate 'Kiki' Raphael

Charlotte Arnold

Carter Petrie

David McIlwraith

Phoebe Harris

Lori Hallier

Judge H. Chadwick

John Neville

Connie, Claire's Mother

Corinne Conley

Bernice Matheson

Eleanor Yeoman

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