Disable specific nested child from event?

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I have a nested display object structure like as follows

 
preloader
container
 L/R
  subL/subR
   txtLmasked/txtRmasked
    recL/recR
    txtL/txtR
     fontL/fontR
      areaL/areaR
    mskL/mskR
   gradient_cornerL/gradient_cornerR

“container” has MOUSE_OVER event. Now I need ANY children EXCEPT for “gradient_cornerL / gradient_cornerR” to trigger that. Unfortunately ALL childrent trigger the action and can’t seem to turn off that single one

I’ve tried playing around mouseEnabled / mouseChildren, also tried ROLL_OVER … tried different things, but no luck

I know I can probably find a workaround by moving the MOUSE_OVER to the needed children, but would be more practical if I can exclude just those 2 children

Any suggestions?
t.i.a.
P

ps: areaL/areaR have their own MOUSE_DOWN actions so when turning off parent/grandparent ‘enabled’ it also kills those action.