Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas’s bitter custody battle appears to have reached a ceasefire after the couple agreed to temporarily keep their children in New York, court documents reveal.
Just days after the actress, 27, demanded her estranged husband, 34, return their two young daughters to England, the pair agreed to an interim consent order that bans both parties from removing the kids from the state.
The court agreement, filed on Monday and obtained by DailyMail.com, states that their daughter Willa, three, and their one-year-old daughter, whose name has not been revealed, must remain in New York’s Southern or Eastern Districts – an area which covers New York City, the Hudson Valley and Long Island.
It was agreed upon to ‘protect the well-being of the (children) involved’, the document filed by Turner’s lawyer Stephen Cullen says.
Court documents filed Monday and obtained by DailyMail.com reveal the couple have agreed to keep their two daughters in New York City as their divorce rages on
The couple had been married for four years, and share daughters three-year-old Willa and one-year-old D.J.. Pictured is Jonas with his two daughters earlier this month
But it is also to ‘prevent the (children’s) further removal or concealment before the final disposition of the petition’.
The order appears to be an olive branch after both sides exchanged bitter allegations for the past two weeks.
The filing from Cullen, Turner’s lawyer, states: ‘The parties have agreed to the entry of the attached proposed Interim Consent Order, without prejudice to either party’s claims and defenses, prohibiting the removal of the parties’ children from the jurisdictions of the United States District Courts for the Southern & Eastern Districts of New York pending further order of this Court’.
The filing states that the court should exercise its authority to ‘protect the well-being of the child involved or to prevent the child’s further removal or concealment before the final disposition of the petition’.
A draft copy of the order must now be signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla, who is overseeing the case.
It cites the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act as the law governing the dispute.
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The first hearing is due to take place at the federal court in Manhattan on October 3rd.
DailyMail.com has reached out to lawyers from both sides for comment.
The filing comes just a few days after Jonas issued a sensational rebuttal of estranged wife’s claims after she accused him of withholding their children’s passports and refusing to let them travel to see her in the UK.
Turner is suing ex-husband Jonas in order to try and move their two children back to her native UK, according to court documents filed on Thursday, in the latest bitter twist in the pair’s messy divorce battle.
After this news emerged, a representative for Jonas, 34, said in a statement to DailyMail.com that the singer was seeking ‘shared parenting’ with the Game Of Thrones star, 27, and added: ‘The children were not abducted.’
‘This is an unfortunate legal disagreement about a marriage that is sadly ending. When language like “abduction” is used, it is misleading at best, and a serious abuse of the legal system at worst. The children were not abducted,’ the representative said.
‘After being in Joe’s care for the past three months at the agreement of both parties, the children are currently with their mother. Sophie is making this claim only to move the divorce proceedings to the UK and to remove the children from the U.S. permanently.’
Jonas’s representative also said the singer had ‘already disavowed any and all statements purportedly made on his behalf that were disparaging of Sophie.’
‘They were made without his approval and are not consistent with his views. His wish is that Sophie reconsider her harsh legal position and move forward in a more constructive and private manner,’ the statement said.
‘His only concern is the well-being of his children.’
The representative also denied Turner’s allegation that she did not know he was filing for divorce.
‘After multiple conversations with Sophie, Joe initiated divorce proceedings in Florida, as Florida is the appropriate jurisdiction for the case. Sophie was aware that Joe was going to file for divorce,’ the representative said.
‘The Florida Court has already entered an order that restricts both parents from relocating the children. Sophie was served with this order on September 6, 2023, more than two weeks ago.’
Further Jonas’s representative said the former couple had a ‘cordial meeting this past Sunday in New York,’ where Turner had arrived to be with their children.
‘They have been with her since that meeting. Joe’s impression of the meeting was that they had reached an understanding that they would work together towards an amicable co-parenting setup,’ the statement said.
After multiple conversations with Sophie, Joe initiated divorce proceedings in Florida, as Florida is the appropriate jurisdiction for the case. Sophie was aware that Joe was going to file for divorce,’ the representative said.
‘The Florida Court has already entered an order that restricts both parents from relocating the children. Sophie was served with this order on September 6, 2023, more than two weeks ago.’
Further Jonas’s representative said the former couple had a ‘cordial meeting this past Sunday in New York,’ where Turner had arrived to be with their children.
‘They have been with her since that meeting. Joe’s impression of the meeting was that they had reached an understanding that they would work together towards an amicable co-parenting setup,’ the statement said.
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