Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from her ex-husband Michael Lockwood in 2016 and the pair nearly immediately began a fierce custody battle over their twin daughters. Lisa Marie and Lockwood's fight took many twists and turns, and at one point, Priscilla Presley stepped in and assumed temporary custody of the pair's twin daughters. As reported by OK! Magazine, Priscilla entered the picture when it was alleged that Lockwood had what was termed "disturbing" photographs of children on his computer. However, his lawyer later told Us Weekly the allegations were "highly sensational, inaccurate and unproven."

As Priscilla told Us Weekly, Priscilla enjoyed taking care of her then eight-year-old granddaughters. She explained, "It's great, it's absolutely great [having them at home with me]. I love it, I love it. Having twins is quite an experience, I have to say. Both of them are very different. Wonderful kids, wonderful children."

Eventually, Lisa Marie and Lockwood entered into a new custody agreement that awarded Lisa Marie with primary physical custody of the girls. However, Lockwood challenged this order following the death of Lisa Marie's son Benjamin in 2020. Legal documents obtained by The Blast show Lockwood claimed, "With all due sympathy and respect, this creates a new and unaddressed twofold problem: the safety of the children and the greater likelihood of LMP to relapse into drug and alcohol dependency." At the time of Lisa Marie's passing, the custody agreement had not been altered, according to the Daily Mail.