One day after an L.A. judge rejected Paula Patton\u2018s request to limit ex-husband Robin Thicke\u2018s joint custody of their 6-year-old son, Julian, the dispute between the former couple is becoming increasingly fraught.<\/p>\n
A representative for the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Lost Hills station confirms to PEOPLE that law enforcement officials were dispatched to Patton\u2019s Calabasas home Friday morning after Julian didn\u2019t arrive at school. He had missed his visitation with Thicke the evening before. The representative referred to the incident as \u201ca non-event\u201d but said \u201cit involved a child not wanting to go with someone.\u201d <\/p>\n
Court documents obtained by PEOPLE show that Patton texted Thicke to tell him she was picking up their son on Thursday, Jan. 5, despite it being Thicke\u2019s custodial time. \u201cPaula sent someone to school to intercept Julian, in violation of the custody orders,\u201d Thicke\u2019s lawyer, Angela Pierce di Donato, tells PEOPLE, adding that \u201cshe did not return him to school today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thicke\u2019s lawyer says the singer is concerned about Julian\u2019s well-being. \u201cJulian only shows any evidence of emotional harm when questioned by Paula or in her presence,\u201d says Pierce di Donato.<\/p>\n
Counters a source familiar with the situation, \u201cJulian has made it clear he does not feel safe in his father\u2019s presence, a fact confirmed today by the Malibu Sheriff\u2019s Department determination \u2014 with Mr. Thicke present \u2014 that the child needed to remain with his mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair\u2019s divorce was officially granted last March after a yearlong separation. In legal documents filed Thursday, the actress accuses Thicke of physically abusing Julian \u2014 which the \u201cBlurred Lines\u201d singer adamantly denies.<\/p>\n
According to the documents \u2014 which include declarations from each parent, Julian\u2019s nanny, school principal and counselor \u2014 Patton says she\u2019s \u201cbecome concerned about \u2019s drinking and drug use, as well as the forms of punishment he is using to discipline Julian\u201d over the past year \u2014 specifically, spankings that Patton believes were too hard and made Julian \u201cscared\u201d of his dad.<\/p>\n
A school counselor also states in court papers that Julian told her in November that his father \u201cpunches him so hard, but never where someone can see.\u201d She and the school principal decided to meet with Patton and then to call L.A.\u2019s Department of Children and Family Services on Jan. 4. Pierce di Donato maintains the meeting between Patton, Julian and school officials was poorly handled. \u201cThe school improperly allowed Paula to sit in the room while Julian was questioned,\u201d she tells PEOPLE. \u201cHe was described as crying, hyperventilating and clinging to his mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The source close to the situation responds: \u201cIt is well-documented in court declarations, not only by the mother, but by two school officials as well as the child\u2019s nanny, that there are allegations of abusive behavior by Mr. Thicke. To be clear, it was concern by school officials, not Ms. Patton, that led DCFS to initiate their ongoing investigation into allegations of abuse by the father. Despite Mr. Thicke\u2019s intent to smear her as a mother, Ms. Patton must do everything in her power to protect her son.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his declaration, Thicke said he had \u201cnever exceeded age-appropriate discipline\u201d with Julian and only spanked him \u201clightly\u201d as a \u201clast resort,\u201d and he says he and Patton had agreed to that type of discipline. He says he has not had physical contact with Julian since Dec. 31, and that after Julian\u2019s first day back at school on Jan. 3, Patton refused to let father and son FaceTime in private.<\/p>\n
Pierce di Donato categorically denies the abuse allegations, claiming that Patton\u2019s accusations stem from resentment over being barred from her former father-in-law Alan Thicke\u2019s memorial in December.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that Paula was angry that she was excluded from Alan\u2019s funeral last month,\u201d Pierce di Donato says. \u201cA week later she refused to allow Julian to open presents with Robin on Christmas morning. Days later, a referral was called into the child abuse hotline.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Pierce di Donato, Patton had repeatedly asked Julian about any inappropriate forms of physical punishment inflicted by his father.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaula\u2019s own declaration submitted to court yesterday shows that she has been routinely questioning Julian for nearly three months about his dad \u2018abusing\u2019 him,\u201d says Pierce di Donato. \u201cShe even questioned him the day before Julian told his school.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thicke was interviewed by the Department of Children and Family Services on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Department of Children and Family Services has extensively interviewed the family, including Julian. They put no restrictions on Robin\u2019s custody and advised Paula to follow the court orders,\u201d Pierce di Donato says. \u201cJulian was interviewed by a forensic interviewer at the request of the Sheriff Department. When interviewed by both agencies outside of Paula\u2019s presence Julian was not tearful, emotional and expressed love for his father.\u201d (DCFS declined to comment on the case, citing privacy rules.)<\/p>\n
Pierce di Donato alleges that Patton requested the emergency hearing on Thursday because she was \u201cunhappy.\u201d Patton asked for Thicke\u2019s time with Julian to be supervised, and not to include overnight visits. A judge denied the requests.<\/p>\n
With reporting by MELODY CHIU, MARY GREEN and SARAH MICHAUD<\/em><\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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