NEW YORK (AP) – Madonna and Guy Ritchie should think of their 15-year-old son’s best interests and quickly resolve a months-long dispute over with whom the boy will live, a state judge said in a proceeding Wednesday in Manhattan.
State Supreme Court Justice Deborah Kaplan implored the divorced singer and film director to settle the matter a day after their lawyers said a deal reached late Tuesday had fallen apart.
“No one is disrupting his household other than the inability of the parents to reach a resolution,” Kaplan said. “If they cannot resolve this matter then eventually the court will.”
Ellen Sigal, a court-appointed attorney for Rocco Ritchie, said her client has been stressed about his future since leaving his mother’s worldwide tour last year to stay with Ritchie in London, where he now attends school.
“It’s been a very difficult time for him,” she said in court. “We hope to put an end to this as soon as possible without exposing him to more litigation, press innuendo, any of that kind of thing.”