Custody of the Heart
A modern tale: a custody battle turned upside down.
2000 | 91m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | David Hugh Jones |
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| Writer: | Barbara Delinsky |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 28, 2000 |
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| Director: | David Hugh Jones |
| Writer: | Barbara Delinsky |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | seattle, washington, best friend, anger, househusband, businesswoman, couples therapy, loss of job, divorce lawyer, out of work, married with children, custody battle, co-workers relationship, business trip, unhappy, successful, married couple, stockbroker, separation, award, family court, boston, massachusetts, criticism and blame, divorce, working mom, sick mother, furniture store |
| Production Companies | Lifetime, Hearst Entertainment Productions, Daniel L. Paulson Productions, Susan Rose Productions, BEI The Place Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lorraine Bracco | Claire Raphael |
| Martin Donovan | Dennis Raphael |
| Dennis Boutsikaris | Nick Brody |
| Sheila McCarthy | Alice |
| Nancy Palk | Rona |
| Michael Cera | John 'Johnny' Raphael |
| Charlotte Arnold | Clara Kate 'Kiki' Raphael |
| David McIlwraith | Carter Petrie |
| Lori Hallier | Phoebe Harris |
| John Neville | Judge H. Chadwick |
| Corinne Conley | Connie, Claire's Mother |
| Eleanor Yeoman | Bernice Matheson |
| Norma Edwards | Old Woman in Hospital |
| Quancetia Hamilton | Nurse's Aide |
| Meg Hogarth | Emma, Dennis' Mother |
| Mark-Cameron Fraser | Bailiff |
| Roman Podhora | Officer Davis |
| Wendii Fulford | Raphael Sales Person |
| Sandi Ross | Betty, Claire's Secretary |
| Jonathan Whittaker | Barney, Ronas Husband |
| Reg Dreger | Doctor |
| Elva Mai Hoover | Real Estate Agent |
| Paul Miller | Juvenile Officer |
| Philip Akin | Police Officer |
| John Lefebvre | Minister |
| Richard Fitzpatrick | Mediator |
| Martin Doyle | Chamber of Commerce President |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Marsha Norman | Teleplay |
| Barbara Delinsky | Novel |
| Lawrence Shragge | Original Music Composer |
| Pamela Malouf | Editor |
| Doug McCullough | Production Design |
| Colin Bruton | Unit Production Manager |
| Maureen A. Arata | Casting |
| Ruth Secord | Costume Designer |
| Garth Brunt | Set Decoration |
| Danielle Depeyre | Script Supervisor |
| Peter Miskimmin | Property Master |
| Matthew Wolchock | Transportation Coordinator |
| Ira Cohen | Gaffer |
| Patricia Keighran | Makeup Artist |
| Susan Exton-Stranks | Hairstylist |
| Sarah James | Production Coordinator |
| Neil Lumlock | Location Manager |
| Jim Bertram | Production Accountant |
| Christopher Tammaro | Camera Operator |
| Steve A. Kennedy | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Wes Irwin | Post Production Supervisor |
| Ryan D. Adams | Post Production Coordinator |
| Amelia Ann Hagen | Assistant Editor |
| David R. Barkley | Music Editor |
| Vince Gutierrez | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Thomas J. Huth | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Asman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sam Black | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Paul D. Goldman | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| David Hugh Jones | Director |
| Mike Fash | Director of Photography |
| Patrick Tidy | First Assistant Director |
| Kristie Sills | Second Assistant Director |
| Jon Comerford | Casting |
| Fred Eldridge | Loader |
| David Mason | Key Grip |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bob Chmiel | Co-Producer |
| Susan Rose | Executive Producer |
| Dan Paulson | Executive Producer |
| Marsha Norman | Co-Executive Producer |
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