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Is to take legal action against kids (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

issue

'kids' is the definition.
(legal term for a person's children)

'is to take legal action against' is the wordplay.
'to take legal action against' becomes 'sue' (I've seen this before).
'is'+'sue'='ISSUE'

(Other definitions for issue that I've seen before include "Sprogs" , "One's offspring" , "Copy of a magazine, for instance" , "Susie (anag.)" , "Important question" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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