Tiger Woods' Wife Wants Sole Custody of Their Kids
Divorce negotiations between Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren continue, and while a few weeks ago it looked like the sticking point was financial—she wanted $750 million, he wanted her to sign a lifetime confidentiality agreement—it now appears that the real battle is going to be over the kids.
Elin Nordegren has reportedly decided not to agree to any joint custody agreement, instead opting to pursue full legal custody of their two kids, Sam, 3, and Charlie, 1. And according to Radar Online, Tiger doesn’t plan to give up his kids without a fight.
What a shame.
Right now, Elin and Tiger have an informal arrangement going on whereby they seem to share the children. They live a mile apart, in separate houses and the kids go back and forth. Now, I can understand Elin not wanting to spend the rest of her life practically sharing a driveway with the man who cheated on her with every woman who passed him in the street. I get that.
But should she really be asking him to abdicate any legal rights he has to make decisions about his kids’ well-being? Forget about where they live or who they spend more time with. What if one of them needs surgery? What if one of them develops a drug problem? What if one of them is diagnosed with autism or has other special needs? If he doesn’t have any custody, wouldn’t he lose the ability to have any input about courses of treatment, or decisions about schools, or anything of that nature? It’s a lot to give up, and frankly, despite all that he’s put his family through, I’m not sure his wife has a right to ask it of him.
What do you think? Should Tiger Woods give Elin Nordegren full legal custody of their kids, or is she taking this too far?
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Elin should have full custody of the children and Tiger visitations only. Tiger Woods has serious emotional and character issues. Tiger did not seem to want his children. He told his mistresses that Elin’s pregnancies stressed him out. He showed careless disregard for the health and life of his wife and unborn children by having unprotected sex with promiscuous partners, potentially exposing them to STD, HIV, hepatitis, and herpes. Some of these conditions can be dormant and could take years to show. Tiger disrespected his wife and children by bringing his mistresses to the family home for sexual activity. Tiger has been basically an absentee father. There seems to be very little evidence of his involvement with the children’s day to day activities when he was home. It has been reported that Tiger has missed important milestone of his children life, such as his daughter’s christening and his son’s first birthday and first steps. All the time that Tiger spent with his mistresses was time that he deprived his children of his presence an attention. Tiger even texted his mistresses while “on daddy duty”. Tiger appears to have used his children only to gain the favor of sponsors and fans.
They should have shared custody. For all the reasons mentioned above. She should not bad mouth him to her kids either. It is between tiger and elin not the children. You want to make their childhoods as normal as possible. And that is all I have to say about that!
Nobody knows how this mess really happened but if Tiger Woods really cared about being with his kids, he would have abstained from cheating and destroying his home.
Tiger is just another rich boy chump…a dime a dozen! He does not deserve custody of his children. He should get to see them once and while on Elin’s terms. What a loser scumbag! If he didn’t have the golf fame…he would be just another geek! I’ve always thought he was such a nerd! I’m sure your father would be so proud Tiger!
Tiger Woods does not deserve the privilege of shared custody of his children. He has shirked parental duties as often as possible. Elin is undoubtedly afraid of what her children may be exposed to next: Drugs? Drinking? SEX with a bevy of women coming and going? There is no cure for any addiction. The most anyone can hope for is controlled remission. It may only take one misstep and he’ll be right back where he started: Thoughtless, selfish and irresponsible. Some might even say dangerous. He appears to lack filters governing his actions and resulting consequences.
I would NOT want my children exposed to his morals (of lack of thereof) under any circumstances. Clearly Elin has well known and well grounded reasons to protect her children from their father’s sense of appropriatness/inappropriatness. The best Tiger can hope for is supervised visitation. Elin will never have a moments peace worrying if one of Tiger’s slutty girlfriends is in the presence of her children. His character flaws will give Elin a strong case against joint custody. I hope she prevails both morally and financially.
A “keep quiet” clause? So what? Who wants to discuss their finances in an open arena? Well….Hollywood perhaps. But not Elin.
Best interests of the child!! I highly doubt that it involves Dad not having legal custody. Best interest for the children are two parents who are able to both make decisions. His cheating wasn’t about the kids, it involved his wife.
Elin should give up custody of the kids. It’s obvious Elin create a bitter atmosphere for the children with her animosity towards her husband. Her attitude is even worse than the effect Tiger has on his kids for his sexual misconduct. The kids do sense the negativity. Tiger might be a philanderer but that doesn’t make him a bad father. If Elin has already made her decision to divorce, then it is not worth it for Tiger to waste time on her anyway. Tiger should move on and get back his career. Why let such a negative person like Elin put you down? Why does she take a long time to work out the divorce? Just file and move on. Elin should stop torturing Tiger by prolonging the process. Kill the uncertainty and the repeated useless rumors.
I wouldn’t want my kids around him any more than I would want them around a crack head.
Tiger Woods has shown that he is incapable of making wise decisions concerning his won life. His past decisins put his wife and children’s lives at risk. He should not be allowed to have any say in the children’s lives. Elin knows this, hence seeking the full custody. It is a wise decision. She loves her kids and wants the best for them. Exposure to Woods is good for them to know their dad, but decision making should be left to the mom. So full custody for her and visitation for Tiger.
I think Tiger was probably set up from the beginning. The way he and Elin met has always sounded fishy to me. She comes to America to be a nanny to a pro golfers kids. Oh. Really? Her mother is an important govt official. Her father is a former Washington bureau chief and a well respected journalist. You mean they couldn’t have done better for Elin than a glorified babysitter? An internship at CNN or admin asst at Vogue…
Nah, Elin was on a whale hunt. So she scurried to America with her blond head and her brown pubic hair and changed diapers and wiped snotty noses & bided her time and sure enough…..
I am not saying Tiger wasn’t wrong, but I am so happy that there are so many people out there who are perfect and have never done anything they regret.
i agree with laura , there is a question mark about the the circumstances surrounding the meeting of elin and tiger why would a priviledge woman from a high profile family work as a nanny this woman my be a brilliant gold digger bidded her time well and went for the kill. the court should be careful about how they handle this divorce case ( custody alimony and all)
why do you people rush into marriage and out of it just like that? God hates divorce! Is there no room for forgiveness in your hearts. Since tiger confessed and asked for forgiveness from his wife, i suggest, she gives him another chance. Think of the emotional trauma it will have on the children. And you, tiger, should abstain from extramarital affairs for your own good. God bless.
As a parent and former foster parent, I think that Tiger need to fight for dual custody of his children even though he made a huge mistake, his children need him as much as they need their mother. Also, asking for $750 million–I think Elin is crazy. At the most maybe $50 to $100 million is fair and I still think that’s too much since she didn’t have anything when she married Tiger. Tiger made a mistake but who know what Elin did when Tiger was on the road playing golf. She could have had the babysitter taking care of Sam while she was out messing around too. Tiger should have her take a lie detector test. Bet she fails.I know that a lot of people have put Tiger down. How many of those people have lived a perfect life–without sin! “Let him/her who has not sinned cast the first stone.” Yes, Tiger made a mistake on earth and he will pay for it when he leaves this world as alot of us will.Yes, I am a big Tiger fan and I always will be. May God bless Tiger and his family.
No responsible Court on this land will overlook Tiger Woods serious emotional and character issues, before granting parental custody on this case. The court basically looks for what is to be in the best interest of the children. Among the things the Court considers are which parent is best suited and capable to meet the day to day needs of the children, provide a stable home, love, a nurturing environment and emotional wellbeing. It seems to me that Elin Nordegren has been a loving, caring mother to her children. She has being there for her children all along, while Tiger was running around with every W-H-O-R-E, in and out of town. Up to recently, it appears that Elin was in favor of sharing the children’s custody with Tiger providing he kept clean from addictions and continues rehab but something must have happened that made Elin changed her mind, maybe Tiger has not keep up with rehab.
It’s ugly to take out your anger and rage on the childrens relationship with their father. I haven’t heard anything negative about Tiger as a father.
Quite frankly the place and stability of a family is based on a relationship between 2 people with the same level of commitment and self respect, It just happens to be that Mr. Woods was thinking with his penis more than with his normal head. Unfortunelly his wife and children have been caught up in his mess, I only don’t blame him for what has happened, but I also blame the women who knowingly acted wrong in helping this man bring his family down. It is not for anyone to judge Elin or even take her name in their mouth as this young lady together with her 2 children have been the only three victims of this dispicable case of infidelity as it has been published. What Elin is demanding is just a small portion in order to protect her inocent children and as a mother her responsability. Elin is the only one who carried these babies for 9 months inside her, not anyone else. Evenmore, the children belong with their mother not the father. Mr. Wood has simply made his bed by not keeping his penis inside his trousers, he knew what the consequences would be if his alleged actions came to the public light and he took the chance, in my views without any fear or consideretion of who would get hurt. What would had been if it was the way around that Elin was a super wealthy in her modeling career and had been the one having a fling here and there, what would he had done with the children. A cheater is a cheater and it is just wrong for for ever does it.
Just an oservation Tiger Wood allegedly had mistresses whilst George Lopez supposedly was going around hiring $500.00usd HOOKERS after his wife had given him a kidney transplant to safe his life and he has a daughter older than Mr. Wood children. WHICH ONE OF THESE TWO MEN IS WORSE?
Tiger should pay her $500 million, go win some majors and then tell everybody else to shut up. Its easy when the shoe’s on the other foot. Get rid of her and go back to winning, that’s what people want to see. You people root and cheer for NFL players that have committed murder. I’m out!!
The children should not miss out loosing their father becuase of what he did. Elin has no right to the kids just because her husband committed adultery. He didn’t do it to his kids, he did it to her. Anyone on this forum who thinks otherwise must be a typical bitter driven person that used children as an emotional weapon. Regardless of what Tiger did, his children have a right to be with him unless he harms their PHYSICAL SAFETY. Other than that, sorry Elin, but Tiger gets to see his kids. (Yes, I’m a woman and still say that). Unlike most ex-wives in the world, I feel it’s a gosh darm shame that people want to use children as a way to “punish” someone.