As any parent who has experienced a child custody battle can attest, custody battles are often the most expensive and lengthy aspects of divorce in Georgia or any other state. Unfortunately, actress Kelly Rutherford of the television show Gossip Girl has become intimately familiar with this fact as well.
Over the last four years, Rutherford has been locked in a very contentious child custody battle with her ex-husband Daniel Giersch. According to Rutherford, “Every penny from ‘Gossip Girl,’ my pension, my stocks [have] been spent fighting for my children.” Despite Rutherford’s protest, last August, the judge presiding over the matter determined that the couple’s two children, ages 3 and 6, should reside primarily with their father, who currently lives in Monoco.
Now that Rutherford’s ex-husband has primary custody of the children, Rutherford has made several trips to Monoco in order to spend time with her children. Although it is certain that Rutherford is happy to travel in order to see her children, it is also certain that just like any other loving parent, she likely wishes that her children were closer to her.