Cheryl Burke wins the right to keep her dog after legal battle with Matthew Lawrence

Cheryl Burke has engaged in a legal battle with Matthew Lawrence for months, and she just finally won the right to keep their French bulldog, Ysabella.

Though the 'DWTS' star and her now-ex-husband have been fighting about who will be the primary caretaker of their dog throughout the proceedings, she finally danced off with a win.

According to TMZ, it looks like Cheryl is going to play dog mom to the pooch, as she was awarded all ownership rights -- with ML agreeing to give up all docs/data pertaining to Ysabella, including the title of "pet parent" for their once-shared Home Again service.

There was a trial that was scheduled to take place soon if they didn't squash this, and it looks like they did that just in the nick of time -- with all discovery now being withdrawn.

While Matthew and Cheryl finalized their divorce in September, this was one of the final points of contention ... which Cheryl had even addressed publicly, calling Matt's insistence on fighting her over it "cruel." As she said in interviews, she always saw it as her dog.

Cheryl says she got Ysabella from an ex, and felt entitled to it. In the end, it seems he saw it that way too. Of course, he's on to new horizons ... now in a relationship with Chilli.

While Cheryl and Matt are on the same page over Ysabella, a judge has yet to sign off.

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