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Paula Patton are Robin Thicke are currently fighting of the custody arrangement on their son, Julian, 6. Patton took her ex-husband, Thicke to court requesting an emergency hearing over Thicke’s alleged excessive spanking and to limit custody. Patton only wants Thicke to monitored daytime visits with their son.
According to Paula, “Over the past year, I have become concerned about [Robin]’s drinking and drug use, as well as the forms of punishment he is using to discipline Julian. My concerns culminated on January 4, 2017, when Julian’s school called Department of Child Family Services (DCFS) to report what they believed to be credible allegations of abuse from Julian against [Robin].” She goes on to add she asked her son to demonstrate on his father had spanked him. “We asked him to show us how hard, and I asked him to hit me on my back,” Patton says she responded to the hit with “ow.” But said, “Julian said it was worse than that.”
Robin has another side of the story. “It is my belief that Paula holds residual anger toward me because I and my family would not permit her or her family to attend the funeral of my father on December 20, 2016.” Robin added “Paula did not have a positive relationship with my father and often made negative comments to me about my father. As such, she was not welcome at his funeral.”
“It is my understanding that Paula is accusing me of ‘excessive spanking.’ I am told that Julian reported to the school that I spanked him and that the school made a report to the Department of Children and Family Services. On a very rare occasion, and only as a last resort, I will use light spanking, but it is consistent with the law—open hand on the butt. This is the type of discipline to which Paula and I agreed during our marriage.”
Robin added that no one from DCFS has contacted him regarding custody of his son. “I understand that the social worker has already met with Julian, Paula, and employees from Julian’s school, and that DCFS has not sought to remove Julian from my care, placed any restrictions on my custody, nor instructed Paula to withhold Julian from me. I have certainly not heard from anyone in this regard at any time.”
A judge has denied Paula’s request.
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