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Madonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie have settled a court dispute over the custody of their 16-year-old son Rocco. She captioned the snap: "Because sometimes soccer Mom's need to be a ..."

Madonna and former husband Guy have been locked in a legal battle since December, after Rocco defied a court order to fly to New York to be with his mother. The "Material Girl" singer, who concluded her worldwide "Rebel Heart" tour in March, and Ritchie, director of 2009 film "Sherlock Holmes," married in 2000. “We hope to put an end to this as soon as possible without exposing him to more litigation, press innuendo, any of that kind of thing.”

Ritchie and Madonna divorced in 2008. In March, a New York judge and a British judge both separately urged the former spouses to find an amicable resolution for Rocco's sake. "Their custody case is resolved," Lucian Chalfen, spokesman for the New York court where the divorced couple had fought for custody of their son Rocco, told AFP on Thursday. Attorneys for Ritchie did not immediately return calls for comment and a representative for Madonna's lawyers said they do not comment on cases involving children.
The American pop star Madonna agrees on a settlement with her former husband Guy Ritchie over their son.