The drama between Ciara and Future over their son baby Future seems to have finally come to an end, for now.
The former couple has spent much of the last year outwardly and subliminally criticizing each other following their very public split in 2014, not long after baby Future was born. Back in February, The Daily Mail published an e-mail exchange that was allegedly between Future and Ciara’s lawyers in which Ciara’s attorney expressed her concerns over Future’s parenting skills and the lifestyle he lives while their son is in his care. Future also made waves earlier this year when he took to social media to lash out at Ciara for supposedly keeping their son from him and question her parenting skills in a series of explosive tweets from his personal Twitter account that have since been deleted.
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Ciara’s recent engagement to Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson has continued to fuel speculation about the current state of her co-parenting relationship with Future and new reports on a huge custody ruling claim things didn’t go quite they way she’d hoped. During a court appearance on Monday to determine custody specifics regarding 2-year-old Future, TMZ reports that the judge denied Ciara’s request for full custody and instead sided with Future, awarding him joint custody of their son.
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Ciara was silent when approached by TMZ cameras for comment on the hearing just as she was getting in her car to leave the court building, but she’s since posted a message to her Twitter account that reads: “#BeGreat Today! Blessings and Love To Everyone.”
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