RITCHIE HIRES LEADING LAWYER TO FIGHT MADONNA OVER KIDS
Director GUY RITCHIE has hired the services of the U.K.’s leading international divorce lawyer to help keep his children with pop superstar MADONNA in Britain following their split.
The estranged couple is currently working to thrash out a divorce deal before the case goes before a judge, after confirming their marriage was over last month (Oct08).
And according to British reports, the filmmaker has recruited Stephen Cobb QC, a specialist in international divorce cases in which the residence of the children is in dispute, to fight his case.
Madonna is rumoured to be planning to return to her native New York with their eight-year-old son Rocco, adopted tot David Banda, three, and her 12-year-old daughter Lourdes, from a previous relationship.
But, under U.K. law, Madonna will not be able to take the kids to the U.S. to live with her permanently, unless Ritchie gives her his permission or a judge grants her leave to take the children abroad.
A source says, "Stephen Cobb is acting for Guy Ritchie. There are only a handful of barristers who specialise in leave-to-remove applications and he’s the best in that area."
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