Rumer Willis is celebrating a major victory battle.
On Thursday (June 11), it was announced that the 37-year-old actress has been award primary physical custody of her 3-year-old daughter Louetta, whom she shares with ex Derek Richard Thomas.
Rumer and Derek, 40, will share joint legal custody of their daughter and have both agreed to undergo custody evaluations, according to court documents obtained by People.
The ruling also contained a visitation schedule for Derek, who will be granted parenting time every other weekend beginning on June 20. The visits will initially be monitored by one of Rumer‘s nannies and will transition to overnight visitation with no monitoring in August.
Rumer and Derek have also been ordered to participate in co-parenting counseling and will communicate through a co-parenting app.
In a statement to People, Derek‘s attorney’s said, “Mr. Thomas is very pleased with the interim determination by the court on the custody issues. Judge White was properly focused on the issues at hand and carefully weighed the evidence presented. We are pleased that the Court established a custody and visitation order that provides Mr. Thomas with a solid and meaningful opportunity to restore and grow his relationship with his daughter Louetta.”
“We look forward to presenting further evidence that Mr. Thomas is a loving, devoted and committed father to Loretta when the court again hears this case,” the statement continued. “As I previously said, Mr. Thomas will try issues pertaining to custody of Louetta in court and will not distort matters by trying this case in the press.”
If you didn’t know, Rumer and Derek began dating in 2022 and welcomed their daughter Louetta in April 2023. In August 2024, Rumer confirmed that she and Derek had split up.
In recent court documents, Rumer claimed that Derek exhibited a “persistent pattern” of “insane emotional abuse.”
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