Jaime King has opened up about dropping custody of her two kids, saying she finds the kid custody system to be “terrifying.”
King shared her “scary” actuality after her ex-husband Kyle Newman was granted full bodily custody of their sons James, 11, and Leo, 9, throughout an look on the “Whine Down with Jana Kramer” podcast.
“My obligation as a mom is to guard my kids. And that’s all that issues to me. That is scary,” the “Hart of Dixie” star stated.
Kramer was beforehand embroiled in a bitter custody battle along with her ex-husband Mike Caussin over their two kids.
The pair opened up about their respective experiences as King admitted she was unaware of how the world works when she tied the knot too younger.
“I simply didn’t know after I bought married at a younger age,” she stated. “I simply didn’t know that the world works like this. I didn’t know that authorized programs work like this.”
“And to not sound like some type of neophyte, however I believed that, , once you select to like somebody, you then love that particular person. You construct a household with them, and, you belief them,” King added.
Kramer, 41, agreed with the “White Chicks” actress on the pitfalls of the authorized system.
“I’ve been in abusive relationships up to now and, , even from the feedback to the system, it’s very tousled, and what they do to girls and the way they’ll flip it on us is mind-blowing,” the “One Tree Hill” alum added.
King additionally alleged that her ex-husband misrepresented the early days of their relationship in court docket in a determined bid to be granted custody.
“It’s terrifying, when to have the ability to be free implies that it’s important to pay a really excessive worth, and I’m not simply speaking about financially,” she stated.
“It’s very upsetting, and I’ll do every part in my energy to vary this method, and it’s not a will. I’m going to. There’s no worth to pay for freedom.”
A choose dominated that King and Newman, 49, will share authorized custody of their two kids, however the filmmaker can have sole bodily custody.
King was given visitation rights, however she must be supervised and will solely see the boys thrice per week. Along with supervised visits, King had been ordered to complete six months of rehab for medicine and alcohol.
Her custody settlement was dramatically amended after she failed to finish a six-month drug and alcohol program that consisted of weekly testing, a 26-week parenting program and each particular person and conjoint counseling along with her kids.
“I’ve by no means had to consider myself as sober or not sober. I ended utilizing medicine at 17 or one thing,” King stated.
In October 2024, Newman filed for sole custody of the youngsters after claiming he discovered his ex-wife “strung out” and “drunk” whereas watching their sons.
The exes had been locked in a prolonged authorized battle over funds and custody when King filed for divorce in 2020 after 13 years of marriage. They lastly settled their divorce in 2023.
Final month, King broke her silence after being compelled out of her Los Angeles pad for owing greater than $42,000 in again lease.
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