Southern CharmstarKathryn Dennisand her exThomas Ravenelhave been awarded joint temporary custody of their two children.
The judge’s temporary ruling designed Ravenel as the children’s primary legal custodian, Ravenel’s attorney, Kelley Andrews-Edwards, tells PEOPLE.
“[Dennis] now has every other long weekend with a midweek overnight,” Andrews-Edwards explains. Prior to the hearing, she says Dennis and Ravenel had joint physical custody on a “week on week off basis.”
While Dennis was given joint legal custody, Andrews-Edwards reveals Ravenel was awarded “primary decision-making authority, meaning that if the parties disagree about an important issue regarding the children, Mr. Ravenel makes the ultimate decision.”
In addition, Dennis has been ordered to undergo cognitive behavioral therapy and the parties are required to attend co-parenting sessions, Andrew-Edwards tells PEOPLE.
Dennis’ visits with the kids will not be supervised, according to the court documents, which added that the former couple has been ordered to work together on health issues and education.
An attorney for Dennis did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
A judge will make a final custody ruling at a future time.
Kathryn Dennis and Thomas Ravenel.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images
The hearing comes weeks after Ravenel reportedly requested that the courtstrip Dennis of custodyof their children after he claimed she had tested positive on a drug test.
One day later, on June 14, “while in the possession of the children, Kathryn produced a urine test positive for marijuana, benzodiazepines and amphetamines,” Ravenel claimed in the documents, according to the outlet.
According to the documents, Ravenel said Dennis has prescriptions for benzodiazepines and amphetamines.
Dennis, though, “disputes the veracity of the June 14, 2019, urine tests because her hair test was negative,” according to the documents.
Kathryn Dennis and her children.Allison Michael Orenstein
But Ravenel alleges that the mother of his children wears wigs and hair extensions, and also colors her hair, which could affect the accuracy of the tests.
Additionally, he alleged that Dennis has purchased fake urine tests in the past and that her mother is primarily caring for the children.
Dennis lost custody of Kensie and Saint after failing a drug test and entering rehab in 2016, but she now says she is sober, and before the judge’s most recent temporary ruling hadearned back 50/50 custody.
In October, shefiled documentsin Charleston seeking to obtain primary custody of the two children after Ravenel was arrested andcharged with assault and batteryin the second degree. Ravenel has denied all the allegations.
source: people.com
