A JUDGE has denied Lisa Marie Presley’s attorney’s request to dismiss the late star’s custody battle with her ex-husband Michael Lockwood, The U.S. Sun can reveal.
Presley’s lawyer, Gary Fishbein, told Judge Joseph Lipner during a Zoom court hearing on Tuesday that the case involving the custody dispute over their twin daughters should be thrown out.
A judge has denied Lisa Marie Presley’s attorney’s request to dismiss the custody battle following her tragic deathGetty – ContributorMichael Lockwood and Lisa Marie Presley in happier times back in October, 2013[/caption]
Fishbein said the case should be dismissed because there is nothing else regarding the custody battle that is pending and his client is “sadly no longer with us.”
Presley’s lawyer said the marriage status between the late star and Lockwood was dissolved and the child support order survives.
But a minute order obtained by The U.S. Sun reads: “Counsel for Petitioner argued in favor of the Court dismissing the case in light of the death of their client.
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“Later this date in chambers the Court rules as follows: The Court has considered the argument.
“Because the case has already proceeded to judgment on both the
dissolution of status and other issues, the Court declines to dismiss the action.”
This means Lockwood, who is close again to his 14-year-old daughters, Harper and Finley, after his messy divorce battle, can still go for full legal custody and is likely to win.
Presley tied the knot with Lockwood – her fourth husband – in 2006, but the late star filed for divorce in 2016.
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