LISA Marie Presley's ex-husband has pleaded for privateness as he goes for custody of their twin daughters, new courtroom filings seen by The U.S. Solar present.
Elvis's solely daughter died on January 12 after affected by cardiac arrest, forsaking her 14-year-old daughters Finley and Harper.
Lisa's fourth husband reportedly has a superb likelihood of getting the ladies, who've made it clear that they need to stay full-time with their father, sources beforehand instructed TMZ.
They've been residing with Lockwood and his new spouse, movie star hairstylist Stephanie Hobgood, since Lisa's demise.
There have been beforehand rumors that Danny Keough, Lisa's second husband, would possibly need custody.
He moved into the household dwelling over two years in the past following the demise of their son, Benjamin.
Nevertheless, based on California regulation, Keough would not be within the place to get custody, though he could attempt to struggle for it in courtroom.
New courtroom paperwork present Lockwood's lawyer, Joseph Yanny, requested for a case administration convention, requesting it to be filed beneath seal, which was granted by a choose.
Filings present that it's now set for March 14, 2023, because the household figures out their subsequent steps whereas the twins grieve the tragic demise of their mom.
A scheduling convention could also be the primary of a lot of courtroom dates that you should have earlier than the trial date on a home case.
A authorized supply instructed The U.S. Solar: "Sometimes if events share custody of youngsters and one father or mother dies, custody goes to the surviving father or mother. So it's doubtless he'll get full custody.
"Relations might ask for visitation or custody of the youngsters if there are points with the surviving father or mother, however typically, the youngsters's father on this state of affairs would have custody."
"It's tough for third events to acquire custody in lots of circumstances, and members of the family could not have a foundation to object to the custody association."
NEW NORMAL
Lockwood already had joint custody of the twins with Presley following a years-long battle which he claimed in courtroom filings has left him going through chapter.
"It will be a chilly day in hell earlier than he provides up custody of these youngsters," a supply related to Lockwood instructed TMZ.
He revealed final month in different courtroom paperwork that he has been "left at the hours of darkness" over Lisa's property, as his lawyer filed a "discover of the demise of a celebration."
He claimed they do not know who shall be distributing belongings to beneficiaries and who the Trustees of the property are, based on the submitting.
Lockwood's legal professional mentioned: "We don't at the moment know the meant Executors and Trustees that the late Lisa Marie Presley had named."
Yanny confirmed the twins' father has been with them since their mother's tragic passing.
He mentioned her ex's "world has been turned on its ear" and images confirmed him returning dwelling together with his new spouse Stephanie, 54, with the couple showing distraught.
Yanny mentioned in a press release: "Michael had been hoping for a speedy and full restoration as a result of her [Lisa’s] youngsters wanted her."
The 61-year-old lives a really totally different life to his ex, who has blown by means of hundreds of thousands of dollars of her inheritance from her well-known father, based on courtroom paperwork.
ESTATE BATTLE
An insider mentioned Lockwood moved right into a modest three-bed, two-bath property roughly 38 miles from Calabasas in Monterey Park, value round $800k final 12 months, which is regarded as rented.
The couple already had so much happening at dwelling earlier than Lisa's demise, with Michael in monetary problem and the pair additionally caring for his aged mom, Vivian, who lives with them.
In the meantime, Lisa's mother Priscilla, 77, has filed authorized paperwork disputing who oversees the property of her late daughter, after they spent the perfect a part of a decade estranged.
A Los Angeles submitting final week disputes the validity of a 2016 modification to her residing belief that eliminated her mother and a former enterprise supervisor and changed them with the late singer's two oldest youngsters.
Presley's paperwork say there are a selection of points that convey the belief modification's authenticity into doubt, together with the truth that she wasn't notified of the change.
Her title was additionally allegedly misspelled in a doc supposedly signed by her daughter, and Priscilla has requested a choose to declare the modification invalid.
The submitting says that Presley's enterprise supervisor, Barry Siegel, meant to resign, which would go away Priscilla and Lisa's daughter Riley Keough, 33, as co-trustees.
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