Cher and son Elijah Blue Allman have come to an agreement regarding their ongoing conservatorship case.
On May 7, the two had a private mediation session where both parties agreed to “pause all legal proceedings and related activities, including all discovery and motion practice, to allow the Parties to continue working together to privately and confidentially resolve this matter,” according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
This new decision came just months after Cher’s request for conservatorship over her son was denied by a judge in Los Angeles.
At the time, the singer, 77, filed for the emergency request for Allman to be placed under a temporary conservatorship stating “she feared that her son would not be alive within the year.”
Cher’s legal team cited his treatment for schizoaffective disorder and revealed that he was placed in several 5150 holds. This is a California legal code which allows a person with a mental illness to be involuntarily detained for a 72-hour psychiatric hospitalization.
The judge ruled against this offering because Allman stated “he has managed his finances” and “has an apartment,” and since “he has remained drug free” after submitting “several drug tests.”
This was also cited that there was not “sufficient evidence” when it came to the consensus to agree to a temporary conservatorship.
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“That in and of itself is not basis for the court to appoint a probate conservatorship. I have not seen the evidence to grant a temporary, emergency conservatorship as of today,” the judge ruled.
Allman filed an objection to the matter and outlined why he found the conservatorship unnecessary.
He also cited that Cher is not the primary person entitled to this opposition as he is married to Marieangela “Queeny” King, and he believed that Cher is “unfit to serve.”
“I understand that a conservatorship is appropriate for a person who is substantially unable to manage his own financial resources or resist fraud or undue influence,” he said, adding that he’s “selected and retained preferred counsel for this matter” and retained an accounting firm to help manage his finances.
“I am and have been capable of managing my own financial resources and resisting fraud and undue influence. I do not need a conservatorship,” he continued.
Cher also had concerns for her son’s mental health in the filing and claimed that even though he struggles with addiction, he is “not mentally ill.”
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The hearing that was set for June 11 has now been moved to Sept. 13 so the two can work through mediation.
