Belcher Indicent - grandmas fighting over custody

[the next guy]

Family photoJovan Belcher and his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins with their now-orphaned daughter, Zoey Michelle Belcher.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tensions are building in a legal fight between maternal and paternal grandparents over who should get custody of an infant whose father, Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, killed her mother before taking his own life.

Four-month-old Zoey Michelle Belcher is with her mother's family in Texas, according to a lawyer for Jovan Belcher's mother, Cheryl Shepherd.

Shepherd, of West Babylon, had moved in with Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, about two weeks before the Dec. 1 shootings and was in the Kansas City home when her son fired several shots into Perkins' body.

After that shooting, Belcher drove a few miles to Arrowhead Stadium, where he spoke with then-head coach Romeo Crennel and then-general manager Scott Pioli before walking behind a car and shooting himself in the head.

Shepherd, Zoey's paternal grandmother, was given custody of the girl soon after her parents' deaths. She filed a petition in Jackson County probate court Dec. 14 asking to be appointed as Zoey's guardian and conservator of her estate, which could be worth millions of dollars, The Kansas City Star reported.

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[dora_da_destroyer]

it's about the $$$, but i think the mother's fam should get her, your son KILLED the woman

 

[the next guy]

it's about the $$$, but i think the mother's fam should get her, your son KILLED the woman

Yea, but she herself didn't her son did...

 

[Mr swag]

The MOM of the person who made the money should control it until the baby is an adult

They were not married why does the women's family have any right to the money???

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

I feel bad for the kid....Imagine having to tell the child what happened to his/her's parents

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Yea, but she herself didn't her son did...

yea, but they can play all sorts of angles of being a victim of their family, what other people are irrational/have anger issues in the family, how did she raise her son/what values did they espouse, etc.

although, there's a lot more to determining custody like environment, means of support, etc....really don't care, as long as the kid has a safe loving environment to grow up in

 

[Da King]

I feel bad for the kid....Imagine having to tell the child what happened to his/her's parents

She'd make for a great singer

 

[the next guy]

She'd make for a great singer

 

[Carolina Slim]

Zoey's estate or guardian will receive more than $1 million under terms of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, including $108,000 annually over the next four years, $48,000 in the fifth year and $52,000 each year until she turns 18. If she attends college, she can continue to receive that amount until age 23.

Money to care for Zoey also could come from a trust funded by the Hunt family, Chiefs coaches, players and employees, along with contributions from the public.

Also, Belcher's beneficiary will receive $600,000 in life insurance, along with $200,000 for each credited season. Belcher was in his fourth season at the time of his death.

There's also $100,000 in a retirement account that will go to his beneficiary or estate.

I had a feeling it was gonna come to this when the news about what the baby was gonna get from the estate. I'm sure they both want to care for the baby and love her, but I can't help but think that they got dollar signs in their eyes.

 

[606onit]

Did they ever do a paternity test for the little girl? I heard old girl was creepin on the low. ....she may not be entitled to nothing.

 

[mastermind]

This whole situation grates me

 

[the next guy]

This whole situation grates me

greedy nikkas are never shocking.