Halle Berry Seeking Sole Custody of Son Maceo, Claims Ex Oliver Martinez Refuses to Co-Parent
Halle Berry is seeking sole custody of her 10-year-old son, Maceo.
The 58-year-old actress claims that his father, Oliver Martinez, “refuses to co-parent or communicate in a child-centered way,” according to a filing obtained via People.
The news comes after she alleged that her 58-year-old ex-husband failed to continue seeing a co-parenting coach.
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Halle is requesting custody, “or in the alternative, tie-breaking authority to make all decisions” about his education, health and therapy needs.
The documents were filed in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County. The paperwork also comes a year after the ex-couple finalized their divorce, nearly eight years after their 2015 split. They agreed to share joint legal custody of their son, with Halle paying Oliver $8,000 a month in child support and an additional “4.3% of any income she receives above $2,000,000.”
In the latest filing, she claims she’s made an effort to address her son’s “educational challenges” and behavioral concerns as she “fought for tutoring, an educational assessment and finding an environment that was suitable to Maceo’s needs.”
Oliver has been “oppositional, unmoving and withheld his consent for years,” the filing claims.
“Because of Respondent’s opposition to any interventions whatsoever for years and because of Respondent’s prioritizing soccer activities over Maceo’s educational and psychological well-being, Maceo’s educational and behavioral challenges worsened, and he continued to fall further behind in school,” the document also claims, going on to say Maceo would “act out” toward her following “longer periods of custody” with his father and that her son would “repeat disputes” that the former couple had in private.
Halle says Oliver claimed the boy was “old enough to make his own decisions.”
A lawyer for Oliver said he will be “responding to these allegations” in the coming weeks. Find out more about her accusation regarding co-parenting therapy.