Mel B’s ex-husband Stephen Belafonte is in search of full custody of their daughter Madison.
The Spice Girls star and her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte presently have joint custody of their eight-year-old daughter Madison, however in courtroom paperwork filed this week, Stephen has requested for full authorized and bodily custody of the teenager.
According to TMZ, Stephen claims Mel has ”all however deserted” her youngest little one since transferring to the UK following her break up from Stephen.
The 44-year-old producer additionally alleges he is been the only caregiver of Madison for almost all of 2018 and far of 2019.
However, Stephen remains to be keen to let Mel – who additionally has Phoenix, 20, with Jimmy Gulzar, and 12-year-old Angel with Eddie Murphy – see her daughter, though he desires courts to rule that visitation can solely occur in Los Angeles and below supervision.
The paperwork come after Mel, additionally 44, had her request to take Madison house to the UK for Christmas blocked by courts in December, after they dominated in favour of Stephen.
At the time, Stephen filed paperwork requesting that Madison keep in Los Angeles with him over Christmas versus travelling with Mel, and courtroom information present the choose signed off on his request.
Meanwhile, the ‘Wannabe’ hitmaker has been making an attempt to safe custody of Madison herself, as she mentioned she would love for Madison to maneuver to the UK along with her completely.
She mentioned: ”The solely reward I need is to have my youngest daughter Madison with me in Leeds. I’m presently within the midst of a custody battle along with her dad and it is extremely arduous. But I’m hoping and praying I’ll get her house.”
In November, Mel filed courtroom paperwork asking to return to the UK as a result of she will’t discover work within the US.
Stephen presently will get in a single day custody of Madison each Wednesday and each different weekend and Mel has promised to nonetheless present him with ”cheap visitation” if she’s given permission to maneuver again to her native Leeds, stating the teenager travelled between Los Angeles and the UK in the course of the Spice Girls comeback, and that her ex-husband repeatedly travels too.
She careworn she just isn’t making an attempt to maintain Madison away from her dad however feels ”involved” the producer will make that declare and is nervous if he retains their daughter full time within the US he will not foster a optimistic relationship and the little lady might activate her.
