Derek Richard Thomas Fights Rumer Willis's Custody Change Bid Over 3-Year-Old Louetta
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Updated · Us Weekly · Aug 29
Derek Richard Thomas Fights Rumer Willis's Custody Change Bid Over 3-Year-Old Louetta
3 articles · Updated · Us Weekly · Aug 29
Summary
Aug. 27 court filings show Derek Richard Thomas asked a judge to keep a June 9 custody order in place, including a ban on taking 3-year-old Louetta out of California without court approval or both parents’ written consent.
Thomas said Willis has blocked his relationship with their daughter by frustrating visits, seeking to cut calls to three or four a week, and moving Louetta to Nashville without his agreement despite their joint legal custody.
Willis answered a day later that Thomas uses drugs, refuses voluntary testing, lacks employment and financial support, and shows erratic behavior that raises safety concerns for Louetta.
Thomas’s lawyer rejected those claims as false, said a judge had already cleared the way for unmonitored overnight visits by late August, and said the dispute will be heard in court on Sept. 10.