Kelli Ferrell Hires Phaedra Parks to Signify Her in Court docket Battle Towards Ex Over Youngsters Filming on RHOA!
Actual Housewives of Atlanta star Kelli Ferrell has enlisted her castmate Phaedra Parks — who can also be a licensed lawyer — to characterize her in a tense authorized battle involving her ex-husband, Chuvalo Mark Ferrell.
In line with courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, Kelli filed an emergency petition on October 2 after Chuvalo allegedly interfered with their youngsters’s participation in filming The Actual Housewives of Atlanta. The submitting states that the fact star was awarded main bodily custody of their three youngsters — Probability, born in 2012, and twins Chasiti and Chelsi, born in 2015 — as a part of their finalized divorce on September 23, 2024.
Kelli, 40, defined that she has “absolute remaining decision-making authority” over her youngsters’s training, well being, spiritual upbringing, and extracurricular actions — which incorporates the Bravo sequence.
In her petition, Kelli claimed that Chuvalo’s refusal to permit their youngsters to look on the present prompted confusion for Bravo’s manufacturing crew. “[Chuvalo] has objected, creating confusion and prompting the community to demand judicial clarification earlier than persevering with to movie the youngsters,” the paperwork learn.
She additional alleged that her ex threatened litigation in opposition to the community, saying the dispute “instantly impacted filming.” The community, she mentioned, had deliberate to seize her daughter’s homecoming dance however was compelled to delay the shoot.
“As a mom, my youngsters are a good portion of my storyline,” Kelli said within the submitting. “As such, I consented to their participation in The Actual Housewives of Atlanta season 17.” In line with her, Bravo and NBC requested the courtroom to formally affirm her authority to incorporate the youngsters in filming. “I imagine collaborating is in my youngsters’s greatest curiosity,” she continued. “The reminiscence could be misplaced if cameras weren’t in a position to shoot my daughter’s dance.”
Phaedra Parks, 51 — who joined RHOA season 17 alongside Kelli — was listed as Kelli’s authorized consultant within the courtroom paperwork. The case took a flip after Chuvalo held a press convention on September 2, accusing Bravo and courtroom officers of “misconduct.” He’s suing Bravo for $200 million.
Chuvalo’s lawyer, Latoya Francis-Williams, disputed Kelli’s submitting. “After reviewing Ms. Potter-Ferrell’s emergency submitting, it’s clear the submitting is each procedurally improper and legally unfounded beneath Georgia regulation. This movement is … an try to reopen and modify a remaining custody decree that has been in place since September 2024.”
She continued, “Georgia regulation strictly prohibits utilizing emergency motions to rewrite remaining custody phrases and not using a correct petition and proof of a cloth change in circumstances. What’s most troubling is the timing and intent.”
Latoya Francis-Williams added that Chuvalo “by no means consented” to having his youngsters filmed for The Actual Housewives of Atlanta, saying, “As their father, he has each proper to guard their privateness and emotional well-being. Equally regarding is the choice to return this case to the identical choose who beforehand stripped Mr. Ferrell of his dwelling, enterprise, autos, and first earnings supply with out due course of.”
She concluded, “A listening to is now scheduled for November 7, 2025, and Mr. Ferrell seems to be ahead to making sure the reality is lastly introduced on the report.” On October 13, Kelli filed an amended petition reiterating her claims. However just some days later, on October 17, she withdrew her request for an emergency listening to.
“Out of respect for the Court docket’s time and professionalism, I’ve chosen to withdraw my Ex Parte Movement,” Kelli mentioned. “This resolution displays my dedication to permitting our household to maneuver ahead whereas preserving what issues most — high quality time with our daughters throughout their tender years.”
That very same day, she filed paperwork appointing a course of server to serve her ex-husband with authorized paperwork. This isn’t the primary time the exes have clashed.
In July, Kelli accused Chuvalo of falling behind on youngster assist funds. He, in flip, claimed he would problem the courtroom’s resolution that awarded Kelli the vast majority of their marital property — together with a restaurant they launched collectively.
Kelli, who made her full-time debut on RHOA in Season 16, beforehand filmed a memorable scene celebrating her daughter Chloe’s seventeenth birthday with 17 luxurious presents.
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