Elijah Blue Allman’s request to dismiss his divorce from wife Marieangela King has been denied.
Days after Cher’s son, 47, filed to dismiss the divorce in Los Angeles County on Jan. 5, a judge denied his request on Jan. 11, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
According to the filing, the request was denied because of the temporary support provision that remains in place.
Allman — who first filed for divorce from King in 2021 after eight years of marriage — asked to be fired “without prejudice,” according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.
He made the request just days before he was expected to appear in court for a custody hearing brought by his mother, 77.
Elijah Blue Allman and Cher.
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In court documents released last September, King accused the pop icon of hiring four men to kidnap her estranged husband in late 2022.
King — who is known professionally as Queenie — stated later in October in documents obtained by PEOPLE that she had not seen Allman since April, shortly after they agreed to “work on [their] marriage” in the midst of their divorce. The musician claimed that during this time Cher continued to “interfere” in the “management of her son’s health, as well as his location and accessibility.”
In a statement, she claimed Allman, who was living with her at the time, “disappeared” and she “hasn’t seen” after agreeing to a “six-month investigative and litigation stay” on April 21, after agreeing to a divorce settlement. proceedings on April 21. him personally since the end of April.”
Regarding the allegations, Cher said in an interview with PEOPLE in October “that the rumors are not true” and declined to comment further.
She confirmed, however, that the private family matter is related to her son’s addiction, which he has been openly talking about for years.
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Allman’s recent divorce filing comes days after his mother filed to become sole conservator of his estate, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE, claiming he is “substantially incapable of managing his financial resources.”
The document states that while Allman is due to receive the assets from the foundation before the end of the year, a conservator is “urgently needed … to protect Elijah’s assets from loss or injury” because he is “currently unable to manage his assets due to serious mental health issues health and substance abuse.” The document also states that his estranged wife, Marieangela King, is unfit to be his guardian because “their tumultuous relationship was marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises.”
Allman and King appeared in court together, with Cher’s lawyers appearing on her behalf, for the first date of a custody hearing on January 5.
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At the hearing, the judge denied an ex parte motion filed by the Grammy winner a day earlier, seeking an immediate temporary guardian. The judge argued that Allman and his attorney did not have enough time to review all the documents.
The morning before their court appearance, Allman also filed an objection to his mother’s petition to appoint a temporary conservator.
According to documents obtained by PEOPLE, he argued that “there is no reason to appoint a conservator” because “there is simply no emergency that requires it.”
He also noted that he is receiving treatment for addiction and stated, “I am making peace with my wife so we can work on our relationship now that I have found a path to sobriety.”
The conservatorship hearing will continue with a second trial on January 29.
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