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Will Halle Berry have a difficult custody battle? Credit: Ivon/X17online.com
The couple, who met after Berry's marriage to Eric Benet ended amid headlines of infidelity and sexual addiction, has been together five years and have a 2-year-old daughter, Nahla Ariel Aubry.
According to RadarOnline.com, the couple has been negotiating a financial and custodial agreement, but if what if talks broke down and it made its way to court? Would it make any difference that they never tied the knot?
According to famed New York matrimonial and divorce lawyer Raoul Felder the answer is a resounding no.
"Under the law it's the same old same old. It would be treated the same way as if they had been legally married," he says. "The judge would apply the same standards and if it were about custody it would all boil down to one issue. What is in the best interests of the child?"
Felder observes that its conceivable Berry will have to pay Aubry money because he can argue that their daughter should not feel like, "she's visiting a poor relative when she stays with her father." But he does caution that Aubry would have to tread carefully on that issue and not look like he's a gold digger but is genuinely concerned about their child's well being.
"The courts will enforce any private agreement unless it lacks sanity," he adds.
Here's hoping two things. They aren't breaking up and if they are, they come to an agreement amicably and peacefully.
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4-30-2010 @ 6:49PM
Angeleyes said...Please stop! Halle Berry is NOT impossibly beautiful! Nice PR, I hope you got paid well. She's just another cute 1/2 white, 1/2 Black woman. Plus, let's not forget what she's like INSIDE. She seriously wounded someone is a car accident....and ran away, left the scene, drove away. Luckily someone saw her and got her plates. This is not a beautiful person, she left someone dying and gave no help or called 911. Beautiful? I think NOT!
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4-30-2010 @ 11:41PM
mayo said...whew! jealousy is an ugly thang!
5-01-2010 @ 3:42PM
Mookm988 said...no man can stay with Halle Berry, it may be that she is the problem. She has been with all kinds of men, and the result is the same.
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