The singer and talk show host Kelly Clarkson scored a major victory in her divorce from husband Brandon Blackstock this week as she was awarded primary custody of their two children, River, 6, and Remy, 4.
Court documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight show that Clarkson is planning to stay with her children in Los Angeles, while Blackstock will primarily be living in Montana.
“The court finds that the minor children are not now and have not been residents of Montana and that California is their home state,” the judge ruled.
The court documents state that Blackstock will be getting the kids on the first, third and fifth weekend of every month, although he will need to visit them in Los Angeles for the first and fifth weekends. This means Clarkson has primary custody and will get to spend most of her time with the children.
While the divorce appeared to be amicable at first when Clarkson filed back in June, it appears to have since gone off the rails, as it’s clear that the former couple has struggled to come to a custody agreement.
“The level of conflict between the parents has increased,” the court document states. “The parties have a difficult time co-parenting due to issues of trust between them.”
This comes days after Clarkson hinted at the reason behind her divorce as she talked about what she’s learned in 2020.
“It’s been a really good lesson to learn that people could be bad for you in a certain time. I think that everybody goes, ‘Oh, that just means they’re bad.’ It doesn’t necessarily mean that, it just means you’re on different paths,” she said on her eponymous talk show. “I think that that’s OK. Everybody’s on a different learning curve and everybody’s learning something different at different times.”
Though she admitted that 2020 “has just been a dumpster fire,” Clarkson said that she’s managed to find joy in her children, her job, and her friends.
“We have now realized family and friends matter so much, especially in this time… So it’s been really cool that I have really good friends to lean on and talk to,” the original “American Idol” winner explained. “… I think you find joy in work when you have away time from it and you get a break. And then you find joy in your personal life when work’s good too and you have something that’s your purpose. [And also] planning fun things with my kids, like going to the beach.”
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