estranged

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Domestic and international criticism has been mounting against the sole custody system in Japan, which critics say led many divorcees to become estranged from their children after losing custody of them.

From BBC

Two years later, in London, Mary is estranged from her parents.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jessi Draper of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is accusing her estranged second husband, Jordan Ngatikaura, of being involved in pretty much all of the above.

From Los Angeles Times

Idle has for more than a decade been largely estranged from his former collaborators, but said he prefers not to linger on that fact.

From Los Angeles Times

The jury was told how MacDowell, who was living near Inverness at the time and better known by the name Bill MacDowell, was company secretary at a building firm owned by MacRae's estranged husband, Gordon.

From BBC