The high profile couple split earlier this month after four years of marriage and have two children, Willa, 3, and DJ, 14 months.
The estranged couple are locked in a legal dispute over the custody of their two young daughters. Picture by Lionel Hahn/Getty Images. “The Father has prevented the children’s return to England, which is a breach of the Mother’s rights of custody under English law, England being the children’s habitual residence,” the document alleged.
The actress is requesting the return of her daughters' passports so they may return to her native United Kingdom. Picture: BG028/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images “Joe is seeking shared parenting with the kids so that they are raised by both their mother and father, and is of course also okay with the kids being raised both in the U.S. and the UK. The children were born in the U.S. and have spent the vast majority of their lives in the U.S. They are American citizens."