Kanye West Fights Kim Kardashian’s Request To Be Declared Single
Kanye West is reportedly fighting against Kim Kardashian’s request to be declared legally single.
According to PEOPLE, the producer/rapper filed a response to Kardashian’s petition in the Superior Court of California on Wednesday (February 16). West’s legal team claimed in the response that granting single status before issues like the custody of their four children and shared properties are settled in their ongoing divorce could result in "a risk of adverse consequences."
"An early termination of status also creates barriers to obtaining evidence" if one of them "remarries before the case is concluded," the filing adds.
Several “conditions” are laid out in the response, including Kardashian’s forfeiture of her marital privilege with West – and her new spouse, should she remarry – until their custody dispute is resolved. Marital privilege allows spouses to conceal conversations between them and not be required to testify against a spouse or serve as a witness.
"If status is terminated now without his condition, then a barrier to obtaining evidence regarding parenting and custody will arise if Kim remarries before the case is concluded," the documents state, according to Rolling Stone.
West also wants his “right of reimbursement” to be carried out “if either party dies” and for Kim to agree not to move assets from their trust before the terms of their property are decided in his conditions.
West’s lawyers said in the filing that "Kim's motion should be denied without prejudice so that Kim can refile it with the mandatory corrections and requested conditions."
A hearing on Kardashian’s petition is set for early March.
