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Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas’ children are staying in New York for the time being.
The couple have temporarily agreed to keep their daughters – Willa, three, and another unnamed daughter, 14 months old – in New York, according to documents filed on Monday, September 25 in New York submitted and obtained by People.
According to the documents, Turner, 27, and Jonas, 34, must place their children in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, which include New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley.
According to the documents, both Jonas and Turner agreed to these terms. “The parties have consented to the entry of the attached proposed interim consent order, without prejudice to the claims and defenses of either party, which prohibits the removal of the parties’ children from the jurisdiction of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York until further order thereof court,” it said, People reported.
In the event of a violation of the order, the documents state that the court has the right “to take or cause to be taken, as appropriate, any action under federal or state law to protect the welfare of the child involved or to prevent further deportation of the child.” .” or concealment before the final decision on the petition”.
The tentative agreement comes less than a week after Turner sued her estranged husband to return their two young children to England.
According to court documents obtained by NBC News, a petition filed in the Southern District of New York on Thursday, September 21 claimed that the former couple’s daughters were wrongfully removed from “their habitual residence” in the United Kingdom in New York City had been detained.
The documents show that the former couple made England their permanent residence in April 2023 because they wanted their children to go to school in England. According to the filing, the Jonas Brothers singer and the Game of Thrones star moved into a rental property in May 2023 with plans to move into a permanent home in December 2023.
But amid relationship tensions complicated by travel arrangements over the summer, they reportedly decided that their daughters would travel with Jonas on his band’s US tour, which began in July, while Turner began filming a new drama series in May began in Great Britain.
However, Jonas ultimately filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on September 1 in Miami Dade County, Florida. According to court documents, Turner learned about the divorce filing through the media when it was reported on Sept. 5.
In a statement to The Independent, a representative for Jonas explained that following the singer’s divorce filing in Florida, the Florida court has already issued an order prohibiting both parents from relocating their children. This order was reportedly served on Turner on September 6th.
“Joe and Sophie had a warm meeting in New York last Sunday when Sophie came to New York to be with the children. They have been with her since that meeting,” Jonas’ representative said via email. “Joe’s impression of the meeting was that they had agreed to work together towards an amicable co-parenting arrangement. Less than 24 hours later, Sophie announced she wanted to bring the children to the UK permanently.
“She demanded in this file that Joe release the children’s passports so she could take them out of the country immediately. If he complies, Joe will be in violation of the Florida court’s order,” they said.
While the singer agreed that her children would be raised in both the United States and the United Kingdom, his representative explained that her daughters are “American citizens,” born in the States and living “most of their lives” in the United States would have spent.
“This is an unfortunate legal disagreement over a marriage that is sadly ending,” they added. “Using terms like ‘kidnapping’ is at best misleading and at worst a serious abuse of the legal system. The children were not kidnapped.”
His representatives also claim that Turner’s latest petition was “filed solely to move the divorce proceedings to the UK and permanently remove the children from the US.”
The Independent has contacted representatives for Turner and Jonas for comment.
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