Heidi Klum and Seal Finally Reach Custody Agreement, So She Can't Take Kids With Her While She Works in Germany

Heidi Klum and Seal Finally Reach Custody Agreement, So She Can’t Take Kids With Her While She Works in Germany

Last updated: August 28, 2020 11:38 AM

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Heidi Klum has been granted permission to travel with her kids to Germany after initially clashing with ex-husband Seal.

The couple, who share four children together, were married for almost a decade before splitting in 2014. They’d been successfully co-parenting, with a custody schedule in place.

Heidi Klum and Seal FOX Broadcasting Company, Twentieth Century FOX Television And FX Celebrate The 2011 EMMY Nominees — Heidi Klum and Seal attend the EMMY nominees celebration with FOX Broadcasting Company, Twentieth Century FOX Television, and FX at Fig & Olive Melrose Place on September 18, 2011 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Getty Images)

However, with the coronavirus pandemic, the former supermodel filed an emergency appeal last week claiming the singer was preventing her from flying her kids to Germany with her where she needed to be to film Next Top Model.

Heidi said in the documents: “Henry’s [Seal] time with our children is sporadic at best.”

Heidi Klum and Seal — Heidi Klum and singer Seal attend the after party for the Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2004 Collection fashion show at the Maritime hotel during the 7th on Sixth Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 15, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images for Marc Jacobs)

She said the emergency filing was a “desperate” plea as the kids were “frightened” to be away from her for too long. “I tried to work this out with Henry directly to no avail,” she said.

Seal later responded, saying Heidi had a “secret agenda.” “I believe Heidi’s (request) is a disguised attempt to move away with our children to Germany,” he wrote in court documents.

Now, it appears the famous exes have reached a new custody agreement, reports People, that will allow Heidi to travel with the kids to Germany.

Upon their return, Seal will, however, have “expanded time” with their children, and is allowed to travel to Germany at any time to see them.

Heidi Klum and SealThe 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals — Heidi Klum and Seal arrive at The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Getty Images)

Should the US shut down their borders amid the worsening pandemic, the AGT judge must “immediately make arrangements in an effort to return home with the children before the borders close.”