{"id":3113,"date":"2025-04-08T09:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:01:06","slug":"anthony-edwards-agrees-to-ayesha-howard-receiving-sole-custody-of-daughter-after-paternity-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3113","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards agrees to Ayesha Howard receiving sole custody of daughter after paternity confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>NBA star Anthony Edwards has agreed to give ex-girlfriend Ayesha Howard full physical and legal custody of their 6-month-old daughter, Aubri Summers, according to court filings obtained by Us Weekly on April 7, 2025. The 23-year-old Minnesota Timberwolves player confirmed the decision to a Georgia Superior Court, bringing an end to a lengthy paternity dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Howard, 38, stated in her filings that she has been Aubri\u2019s sole caregiver since her birth in October 2024. Edwards has requested a court hearing to determine his child support obligations. In Touch was the first to report the latest development.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2024, Edwards filed a paternity suit, requesting a DNA test from a neutral, licensed lab after Howard named him as the child\u2019s father in a September petition filed in Los Angeles. In March 2025, Howard formally requested sole custody, citing a December 2024 DNA test that confirmed Edwards\u2019 paternity. She also asked for Edwards to be listed on Aubri\u2019s birth certificate.<\/p>\n<p>In court documents filed last year, Edwards stated that he was not seeking custody or visitation rights, saying the matter was \u201cfinancial in nature.\u201d He also succeeded in blocking Howard\u2019s attempt to settle child support in California, moving the case to Georgia instead.<\/p>\n<p>Howard\u2019s legal team has stressed the urgency of establishing support, citing her unemployment and reliance on savings, family assistance, and any help provided by Edwards. She is also requesting reimbursement for pregnancy-related costs, expenses following the birth, and attorney\u2019s fees. Howard shares another child with rapper Lil Baby.<\/p>\n<p>Public interest in the case grew after Edwards\u2019 current partner, Shannon Jackson\u2014who shares a daughter with him\u2014referenced the situation during an emotional Instagram Live in October 2024, expressing frustration with the attention and media scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, Edwards has not publicly commented on the finalized custody agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA star Anthony Edwards has agreed to give ex-girlfriend Ayesha Howard full physical and legal custody of their 6-month-old daughter, Aubri Summers, according to court filings obtained by Us Weekly on April 7, 2025. The 23-year-old Minnesota Timberwolves player confirmed the decision to a Georgia Superior Court, bringing an end to a lengthy paternity dispute. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}