Channing Tatum has asked a judge to set a trial date to settle the financial terms of his divorce from his ex-wife Jenna Dewan.
The 41-year-old star finalized his divorce from the actress, 40, in November of 2019, but the former couple are still yet to come to an agreement over some of their financial details, including the terms of any child support payments for their seven-year-old daughter Everly and ‘how to split the assets from the Magic Mike’ franchise.
And according to E! News, Channing’s legal team says the trial should require around five days to complete.
About time: Channing Tatum, 41, has asked a judge to set a date for a five-day trial to finalize a financial settlement with his ex-wife Jenna Dewan, 40, even though the divorce was finalized in 2019
The publication reports the actor has made the request over ‘issues’ pertaining to ‘dissolution, child support, spousal support, attorney fees, division of some property, and reimbursements and credits.’
On Saturday, sources told TMZ that ‘one of the lingering issues’ involves the Magic Mike franchise that they ‘built together during their marriage.’
They have reportedly been in ‘intense mediation over percentages, but couldn’t strike a deal’ on how to divide the franchise’s earnings.
After the massive success of Tatum’s film, Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL, Dewan claims she found the choreographer for the Magic Mike live shows in Las Vegas and relocated to London with him and their daughter when the show moved overseas.
Moving on: Since their split, Jenna became engaged to Broadway star Steve Kazee — with whom she now has 13-month-old son Callum; seen in 2019 in LA
Since their split, both Channing and Jenna have gone on to start romances with other people, with Jenna getting engaged to Steve Kazee — with whom she now has 13-month-old son Callum — and Channing enjoying a relationship with Jessie J, whom he eventually split with late last year.
Channing and Jenna both share joint legal and physical custody of Everly.
The couple were declared legally single by a judge in February of last year.
Meanwhile, Channing recently said he was worried he wouldn’t be able to ‘connect’ with his daughter when he first became a single father in an interview with Parents magazine earlier this year.
On their own: The couple were declared legally single by a judge in February of last year; seen together in 2017 in Hollywood
‘When I became a single father, I had a lot of fear about connecting to Everly in every way that a little girl might want. I didn’t wear nail polish or know how to braid hair,’ he explained.
However, the Hail, Caesar! star soon learned how to be there for his daughter, and now loves taking part in girly activities that make Everly happy.
‘But now I do both. I jumped with both feet into this magical world, and I was rewarded with a kind of love that I don’t think I would have ever been able to have otherwise.’
The acclaimed actor said that his daughter was the inspiration for his first children’s picture book, The One And Only Sparkella, which features illustrations by Kim Barnes.
Culture shock: Channing has said he worried about becoming a single father and connecting with his daughter Everly because he ‘didn’t wear nail polish or know how to braid hair’
He announced the book, which is dedicated to Everly, with a funny photo of himself wearing pink fairy wings.
‘Guys, I don’t know about you but things got a little weird for me in quarantine,’ he wrote in the caption. ‘I ended up accidentally locking myself in my 7 year old daughter’s room. And I ended up finding my inner child.
‘So this is what I created for my little girl,’ he continued. ‘From what is, I guess, the little girl in me. Thanks for reading.’
Cute: He’s gotten more in touch with that feminine side while raising a daughter. In August 2020 he announced his first children’s picture book, The One And Only Sparkella, inspired by his daughter