Jeezy has reportedly demanded full custody of he and Jeannie Mai’s 2-year-old daughter Monaco, according to new court documents obtained by TMZ.
In the documents the news outlet reports that Jeannie Mai isn’t taking care of their child herself. Jeezy is reportedly asking for the judge to throw out their current custody and parenting time arrangement that they worked out in mediation and requesting that his daughter live with him full-time. When the breakup first hit, Jeezy says agreed to move to the basement but his estranged wife moved out their home and took their daughter with her.
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Since moving out of the home Jeezy is alleging that Jeannie Mai doesn’t watch the baby majority of the time and has tasked her brother and mother with the duty due to her extensive travel schedule. He also added that Jeannie Mai hasn’t held up her end of the bargain with his parenting time for nearly 2 months. Overall, in the documents Jeezy states that his daughter would have more stability if he had primary physical custody, according to TMZ.
Radar Online initially made the report that Jeezy and Jeannie Mai agreed on a visitation schedule but things weren’t going as planned. The rapper’s lawyer reportedly wrote in the filing, “The lack of consistency, continuity, and stability inherently associated with such a haphazard and fluid parenting time schedule is stressful to the Child, and it has, as is unfortunately inevitable with all families in transition, created unnecessary tension and confusion regarding not only parenting time but also in regard to each parent’s role and rights when the Child is in their respective custody.”
Also in the filing, Jeezy reportedly stated he doesn’t believe Mai is “acting maliciously or with specific intent to harm” his relationship with their child, but he does feel she’s acting as a gatekeeper. Mai’s “interference with [Jeezy’s] relationship with the Child, again, while not generated from or with malicious intent, is nevertheless, causing confusion and tension between the parties and is working to stifle the development of [Jeezy’s] relationship with the Child,” his motion read.
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He said, “As such, it is necessary at this point to separate, structure and clearly define the parties’ temporary legal and physical custody rights and set a parenting time schedule consistent with the best interests of the Child.”
But Jeannie Mai responded saying she was more concerned about the child’s safety. In the documents Mai reportedly stated that she has been allowing Jeezy to spend time with their daughter and she also has allowed him to have their daughter for an extended time since it’s the holidays. Her lawyer wrote a statement saying, “It is essential to clarify that Ms. Jenkins’ insistence on reasonable safety measures being put in place, such as safely securing and locking away all firearms that have been unsecured in the past, as well as having familiarity and properly trained caregivers is absolutely not gatekeeping, but rather a responsible effort to prioritize their daughter’s well-being.”
Her legal team added, “These requests are grounded in Ms. Jenkins’ genuine concern for the parties’ daughter’s safety and security, especially when under the care of others and traveling across the country, and are reasonable protective measures, not an attempt to restrict Mr. Jenkins’ access to their daughter.”
