Last Friday, Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde were photographed in a friendly embrace outside one of their homes. It looked like one of them was dropping the kids off at the other’s house, and they had a friendly, warm conversation and a quick hug goodbye. Obviously, it was a paparazzi set-up but it sent the right signal: Olivia and Jason are working through their issues amicably for the sake of their two kids. Except that beyond the photo-ops, things are still a big mess. Last year, Jason served Olivia with papers on stage at Cinema-Con, and it ended up being a months-long legal dispute about jurisdictions, custody and child support. It’s still not over – the New York court booted the case to California family court, and there are still tons of issues pending. Issues like… child support?
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis may have been hugging recently, but not because they’ve resolved their conflicts — TMZ’s learned there’s a dogfight over how child support will be handled. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Jason’s New York lawyer, Bill Beslow, has gone to a New York judge to resolve all child support issues. The reason it’s sticky is that last July both a New York judge and a California judge ruled all CUSTODY issues should be handled in L.A.
We’ve learned Beslow went to a New York court January 4 and asked the judge to handle all child SUPPORT issues, and the judge set a hearing date for February 15. Sources connected to Jason say he does not want any child support from Olivia. We’re told he’s willing to pay her “a reasonable amount” in child support either decided by the 2 of them or a New York judge.
Our sources say Olivia is baffled because both a New York judge and a California judge have already said this is an L.A. and not a New York case. She wants both custody and child support decided in L.A.
Beslow is appealing the decision to have custody decided in L.A. As for Olivia, we know her lawyer, Laura Wasser, and Olivia’s New York lawyer have filed legal docs asking the judge on February 15 to dismiss Beslow’s move to handle child support in New York, so a judge in L.A. can decide all issues involving the children.
As for Olivia and Jason hugging a few days ago … we are told very clearly — they are NOT getting back together.
Having read both of their statements to the court last year over jurisdiction, I actually think Jason got a raw deal – the kids were born in New York and they lived in NYC for the first years of their lives, and Jason still owns an apartment there (an apartment he once shared with Olivia). Olivia’s move to LA was supposed to be temporary, but she fell in love with having a pool, a backyard and space for the kids to run around, so she stayed and now she wants all of the custodial issues to be handled there, and both NY and CA courts agree. So… why IS Jason’s lawyer trying to move the child support issue to New York? It’s definitely weird. Is this some kind of financial strategy, where he’s worried that the California court would order him to pay more in child support? Hm. Now, that being said… it’s always felt like Jason is the one who wants to get everything nailed down legally, which I understand. Olivia seems to want to have more of a loose arrangement, especially given that they were never married.
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Laura Wasser, we’ve learned, is scum. Remember, she was repping Angelina Jolie and leaking all over the place to TMZ. Anyway, not sure why Jason wants a NY judge to rule, except that he is appealing the ruling that the case should be handled in CA. It’s probably not about child support, it’s probably a backdoor approach to getting custody/the kids’ primary residence being declared to be in NY.
I don’t like either of them but I really have a sense that Jason was strung along for a long time in that relationship with Olivia making empty promises. It sounds like she told him she’d move back to NY and kept giving excuses as to why she and the kids weren’t doing that. I feel for Jason but at the same time, I think the case belongs in CA.
They are both rich. Joint custody and no child support. This is a waste of time.
Eh, I’m not sure this is the big deal TMZ is trying to make it. If he’s appealing jurisdiction you have to be consistent and not just suddenly agree to one or two things being heard in California court. From an appeal perspective it’s smart strategy, although I have no clue if he will ultimately be successful.
He has far more money than her due to his Ted Lasso success, so he already knows he will be paying. His big issue is he wants the kids back in NY, that’s going to be the sticking point.
If both a NY and LA judge ruled it should be settled in CA, I don’t think he’s getting a raw deal. The kids were born in NY but probably have their school and friends well established in LA. Afterwards it was dodgy of Olivia to want to move to London, the courts would never have allowed that imo.
Spending birth to two years of age in one place versus year two to four? You’ve never tried to move preschooler/school aged children if you think where they lived at birth should hold equal weight.
The only reason a more wealthy ex wants control of jurisdiction is if it’s in their financial interest to do so. Full stop.
I think Jason wants to live in NY. And if Olivia is in California with the kids it will be difficult for him to see them regularly. That could be why he want’s it moved.
I really don’t like either of these two and feel for their children. It seems as though it’s all optics for them and it feels so grimy.
They both seem like awful egomaniacs. I’m rooting for the kids.
Custody week! Just read some documents from Ioan’s Gruffuds messy battle too, he wants to change to a 50/50 arrangement due to Alice Evans ongoing nonsense. Poor kids.
The amount of couples that can divorce quietly in Hollywood makes me side eye the ones that don’t. I know people have thought Sudekis but as putting it all out there but I bet Laura Wasser is the one leaking everything here.
Jason and Olivia were never married.
I am interested in reading about this! It seems risky for him after how much has already gone on in regard to custody? I wonder if J&O already had a verbal agreement about NY, she seems to want to make everything she can more complicated!