Chris Brown wins big in child custody case
Chris Brown earned another win in his ongoing custody dispute with Nia Guzman regarding their daughter, Royalty, according to TMZ.
Although the pair settled on joint custody in September, Nia subsequently returned to court with a new assortment of demands -- all of which have been shot down by the judge handling the case. Nia had requested full custody but the terms of their settlement will remain in place, the judge ruled, giving Chris access to Royalty 12 days a month.
Nia also asked that Chris only be allowed monitored visitation and that his mother be barred from seeing the 2-year-old. The judge has nixed those requests, along with a request that Chris submit to further drug testing after a previous drug test showed evidence of marijuana and codeine. He reportedly had a prescription for both, which may be why the judge didn't see the need for more testing.
Finally, Chris will be given a credit in his child support responsibilities to the tune of $20,000 -- the amount the court mandated he cover for Nia so she could afford a lawyer when she initially filed asking for a revised custody arrangement.
She's also given up on her petition asking for nearly $16,000 a month in child support. Chris is currently paying $2,500.
Things have been rocky between Chris and Nia since their daughter was born. This spring, the singer went after Nia on social media, claiming she dressed Royalty inappropriately for a dance class. A fight ensued, with followers taking sides.
In happier news, Breezy threw his little girl an over-the-top birthday party in late May, spending an estimated $30,000 on the event, which TMZ claims included a $10,000 cake, an array of mini-horses and other animals for kids to play with, live "Frozen" impersonators and fake snow.
This month, Chris has been busy urging fans to vote for him after he was nominated for an MTV VMA award for best long-form breakthrough video for "Royalty."
In real life, Ian Ziering has bigger fish to fry than than surviving the latest Sharknado. At the moment, the issue of bed-wetting is of chief importance to the star of the hit Syfy franchise, a former bed-wetter himself. "My problem was intermittent -- it wasn't too bad," he told.
heartthrob rest easier now that his own daughters are struggling with bed-wetting. Ian also opened up about how he's helping his little girls overcome the stigma associated with bed-wetting, why he's totally fine being outnumbered by women at home, what his girls think about "Sharknado" and more. Keep reading for the highlights from our chat!
"It's something that's not often talked about, but I'm going to start the conversation so that I can maybe help put an end to the stigma that's associated with it. … I don't have a problem whatsoever [talking about it]. It's a developmental thing. Sometimes it's hereditary. And I -- like most people -- dealt with it when I was a child."
"It was a pretty harrowing experience. I was 5 or 6 years old, and if I wet the bed, I would wake up and try to strip the bed sheets so my mom wouldn't find out about it. I didn't want my brothers to find out about it. I've got older brothers, and they would tease me to no end. It would shake my confidence a little bit and create insecurity -- especially going to sleep the next night. I would be worried that it would happen again."
"Using the GoodNites pants, it is an entirely different experience for my 3-year-old, who deals with bed-wetting intermittently. She puts them on herself -- it's part of her nighttime routine. It's part of her pajamas. She takes them off in the morning when she's done. There is no obstacle. There are no issues that she deals with. It's just a natural experience for her -- one that she really pays not much attention to. … It's so nice to inspire confidence and independence in my kids when my experience was the complete opposite."
"My daughter Mia is now capable of negotiating. She negotiates with me. I'm teaching her beautifully. I'm very proactive in raising the kids, and part of [the job] for me is to teach them things that can help them on their journeys. Not too long ago, everything was, 'Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!' We've been working on the concept of 'mine and yours' so I can teach her 'ours.' And she's getting there! It's great."
"She wanted to stop for a doughnut one day. I try to avoid giving my kids unnecessary sweets. I prefer they get their sugars from natural sources. But every once in a while, a doughnut puts a huge smile on their faces. So she knows what a doughnut is. But I wasn't really receptive to her wanting that doughnut, so she said, 'Look, Dad, if I can have a doughnut today, I promise I won't ask you for another three days.' I was just astonished by that. … I laughed so hard."
"They love swimming. They love gymnastics. They love Disney princesses. They're still very much in the Disney princess frame of mind. They've got all the dresses. They love to play dress up and have tea parties -- I get to play Prince Charming to their princesses and bring in freshly made tea."
"I'm completely fine with that. This is something that I've wanted my entire life. It just took a little bit to get to where I am today. So I don't look at it like I'm surrounded by women. I look at it like I'm surrounded by love. And it's a pretty great place to be."
"Anything's possible. Boy or girl, I would just prefer a healthy baby if we were to have another one. I was pretty vocal about having a boy initially, but after having two girls, I realized that for all the reasons I wanted a boy, there are just as many to be happy about having a girl. … I really don't [feel like I'm missing out on anything]. I've got friends with little boys the same ages as my daughters, and they're running around and jumping on furniture. I can't imagine. Was I like that? My girls don't do anything like that. They play with their Legos and their dolls and they're very calm. But my friends who have boys, they're much more rambunctious. So it's a totally different experience. I would welcome that if it was the case, but right now, I'm just very much basking in the present."
"'Sharknado' was the first three-syllable word my baby Penna ever said -- and she said it while she was spinning in a circle. Hysterical. My wife had a little viewing party for all our friends who weren't able to come out to Vegas for the premiere [of 'Sharknado: The 4th Awakens'], and … the kids were running through the house -- like, four kids -- holding up blow-up sharks screaming, 'Sharkando! Sharknado!'"
In real life, Ian Ziering has bigger fish to fry than than surviving the latest Sharknado. At the moment, the issue of bed-wetting is of chief importance to the star of the hit Syfy franchise, a former bed-wetter himself. "My problem was intermittent -- it wasn't too bad," he told Wonderwall.com while discussing his partnership with GoodNites, whose products have helped the former teen heartthrob rest easier now that his own daughters are struggling with bed-wetting. Ian also opened up about how he's helping his little girls overcome the stigma associated with bed-wetting, why he's totally fine being outnumbered by women at home, what his girls think about "Sharknado" and more. Keep reading for the highlights from our chat!