Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's extreme custody plan for children with unique arrangements
The couple, who have separated and filed for divorce, share two children
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have agreed to a unique custody agreement amid their shock divorce. The pair, whose split was revealed earlier this week, share two daughters - who Keith will only get to see for just under two months a year.
Court documents revealed that Nicole and Keith have agreed a parenting plan in which the actress is the primary residential parent and has their daughters for 306 days of the year, while Keith gets them for 59.
The way these have been divided means that Keith will be with his children from 10am on Saturdays to 6pm on Sundays every other weekend, and Nicole will have them the rest of the time.
Special occasions have also been divided, with the country singer getting to spend Father's Day and Thanksgiving with his daughters, while his soon-to-be ex wife has them on Mother's Day and Easter.
The document also specified that the estranged couple will still make major decisions, such as anything educational, regarding their children together and that the two must not "speak badly of each other" or about other family members. Nicole and Keith are both required by the agreement to "encourage" their children to "love the other parent".
Both must also take a "mandated parenting seminar" within 60 days of the divorce. Neither Nicole nor Keith are to receive monthly child support, as Keith has "already prepaid all child support obligations".
Together, the couple have two daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14. Nicole also has two children - Isabella, 32, and Connor, 30 - from her previous marriage to Tom Cruise. Sunday Rose recently started modelling and walked the catwalk for Miu Miu in Paris Fashion Week.
Speaking about her love for her children, she said to BBC : "I love raising children. They make me feel good, and I love being around, and I love the ups and downs, and I love watching them grow and the things they say and teach."
This document was signed by Nicole at the beginning of September, while Keith signed it at the end of August. But, despite having already signed a custody agreement, Nicole only filed for divorce on 30 September, citing "irreconcilable differences", and was seen wearing her wedding ring at an event just days before.
Press have been told that Nicole was "blindsided" by Keith's desire to split, though the couple had been living apart for months after their 19th wedding anniversary.
Keith's reasons are not known, but an insider suggested a lack of intimacy between the two was making the country singer unhappy. Sources have made clear that divorce was not what the actress wanted but that it was "inevitable" after Keith moved out of their family home.
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