Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas had four days of “productive mediation” last week and are close to reaching a settlement in their custody battle case, their attorneys wrote in a letter to a judge Tuesday.
The estranged celebrity couple asked a Manhattan federal court judge to pause the case and cancel the Jan. 2 trial date set during a hearing a week ago, where Turner, 27, phoned in and Jonas, of 34, was not present.
“Due to the progress made in the mediation, the parties believe that an amicable resolution will be reached on all matters between them,” attorneys for both sides wrote in a letter to the court.
The “Game of Thrones” actress filed an emergency lawsuit against the Jonas Brothers rocker on September 21, seeking that her two daughters Willa, 3, and Delphine, 1, be returned to their “forever home.” In England.
The couple attended mediation in the Big Apple from October 4 to 7, after agreeing to keep their daughters in New York while the case unfolded.
Turner and Jonas also reached a temporary custody schedule until the new year, which allows both parties to travel with the children to the US or the UK.
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are close to reaching an agreement in their custody case after mediation last week.Robert O’ Neil / SplashNews.com
Each parent will keep the girls, along with the babysitter, for periods of about 20 days before handing them over to the other, court documents show.
Turner begins the rotation with the girls from October 9 to 21, when he will have to bring them back to New York for Jonas to take over.
At last week’s hearing, Stephen Cullen, a lawyer for the “The Dark Phoenix” actress, said that both Turner and Jonas had been “seeing their children in a very free way.”
Jonas filed for divorce in early September and then Turner filed a lawsuit to be able to take their two daughters to England.GC Images
Jonas filed for divorce in a Florida court on September 5.
The couple has a hearing on December 14 in the divorce case, which both must attend in person.
It was not immediately clear whether the impending settlement in Turner’s lawsuit in Manhattan would cover the divorce case or just the custody case.
Turner, in her lawsuit, claimed that she and Jonas had moved to a stunning property in Wallingford, Oxford, in December, making the UK her daughter’s base of operations.
But then, suddenly, Jonas filed for divorce and allegedly tried to prevent the girls from moving to the United Kingdom, even withholding their passports from Turner, her lawsuit claimed.
Attorneys for both sides did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
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