Jon & Kate Gosselin Settle Custody Matters

The on-going family court battle between Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin has apparently settled. For now.

Jon filed a motion to modify the existing custody arrangement (and a request that the child support order be reconsidered) back in April. He sought primary physical custody of the former couple’s nine-year-old twins and almost six-year-old sextuplets.

The Gosselins finalized their divorce via arbitration in December, 2009. The arbitrator’s decision gave primary residential custody of the children to Kate Gosselin and awarded periods of custody to Jon – the schedule of said custodial arrangement to be determined solely by Kate on a weekly basis. Jon’s filing alleged that Kate abused that discretionary authority.

At the time of the filing, Jon’s attorney spoke to the press and called Kate an absentee parent due to her filming obligations for Dancing with the Stars, a show she was voted off shortly thereafter. Interestingly, Jon fired that attorney pretty quickly and indicated that the lawyer had said certain things without Jon’s permission.

It appears now that the Gosselins officially agreed on a new arrangement involving both custody and financial obligations. The terms of the agreement have been sealed by the court. Lawyers for the parties have made no comment.

Both Gosselins have moved on since their split last year. Kate now stars in their original reality TV show without Jon – it is now called “Kate Plus Eight” instead of “Jon and Kate Plus Eight“. Jon appears regularly in the tabloids with his younger girlfriends.

Library Topics: custody modification, primary physical custody, child support

See Also:

• Possible Jon and Kate Divorce Could Be Very Complicated
• Jon and Kate’s Divorce Paperwork
• Jon Gosselin Ordered to Return $180,000
• Jon & Kate Divorce Finalized
• Jon Gosselin Seeks Modification of Custody and Support
• Kate Gosselin’s Lawyer Fires Back At Jon’s Custody & Support Filing