Madonna and Guy Ritchie locked in a bitter battle?

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are locked in a bitter battle over who will have
their children for Christmas.
The British director is determined the former couple’s sons - Rocco, eight,
and adopted David, three – but Madonna is adamant they should be with her
and her 12-year-old daughter Lourdes - from her previous relationship with
fitness trainer Carlos Leon - in New York.
A source close to the couple – who had the first stage of their divorce
granted at a London high court in November – is quoted by Britain’s Daily
Mail newspaper as saying: “Under the terms of the divorce, it is actually up
to Guy and Madonna to sort out the access.
“It’s not set in stone who has the boys on which days. The agreement is that
Guy gets them four or five days a month in London, but that he can see them
in New York, making the time anything up to two weeks a month.
“They are at a total stalemate. Madonna and Guy simply do not liaise at all
on anything anymore – it all goes through their personal assistants.”
The couple are also reportedly stuck because Madonna cannot legally take the
children to live permanently in the US unless Guy or an English court gives
permission.
It has been suggested Guy, 40, may insist Madonna, 50, buys him an apartment
in New York as part of a deal to allow the three children to live in the
city.
Under the terms of the divorce - which was settled out of court - the pair
are believed to have divided their property equally, with Guy taking none of
his ex-wife's estimated £300 million fortune.
In the custody battle, ‘Miles Away’ singer Madonna is being represented by
Fiona Shackleton, who has previously represented Sir Paul McCartney and
Prince Charles in divorce cases.
Guy has hired top lawyer Helen Ward alongside Stephen Cobb QC, an expert in
the international relocation of children.
Another source said: "Both sets of lawyers have still got their heads down.
It is very complicated."
Although it is unlikely the case will go to court, if Madonna does win the
right to take Rocco and David to the US, there is the prospect of legal
hearings in New York.