Kathryn Dennisis feeling optimistic about the future.
TheSouthern Charmstar opened up to PEOPLE about theend of her contentious custody battlewith exThomas Ravenelon Friday at BravoCon, saying she feels like a “huge weight has been lifted.”
“I feel good that we actually are moving forward,” she said. “I feel like we had been at a stand still and my whole life has been stunted from that. It feels like a huge weight has been lifted.”
Dennispreviously confirmedthat she and Ravenel had reached a custody agreement, saying on Twitter that the former couple had “resolved all matters related to our children.”
“Just want to let my fans hear from me officially that Thomas and I have resolved all matters related to our children,” she wrote Tuesday. “I believe that this joint custody arrangement is in our children’s best interests. Happy to move forward. Thank y’all for all of your patience, support & love.”
Dennis and Ravenel share daughter Kensington Calhoun, 5, and son Saint, 3.
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Ravenel, 57, and Dennis, 28, have agreed to share joint legal and physical custody of Kensington and Saint, with Ravenel having “primary legal custody,” his lawyer told PEOPLE earlier this month.
They also agreed to not have “any person with whom they are romantically involved (excluding a spouse) stay overnight with them while the children are present,” the documents read.
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Ravenel and Dennis both agreed not to “make any disparaging remarks about the other parent to the minor children, in the presence of the minor children, or within earshot of the minor children, or allow or encourage others to do the same,” according to the documents, or “post any negative remarks about the other on social media.”
In the agreement, the parents have agreed to “attend co-parenting/parallel parenting sessions with Dr. Sandy Cassell for a minimum of 10 sessions, the cost of which shall be divided equally between the parties.”
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Their agreement comes three years after Dennis lost full custody of her children in 2016 and entered rehab after testing positive for marijuana. Ravenel, who no longer stars onSouthern Charm, was awarded full custody at the time.
In October 2018, shefiled documentsin Charleston seeking to obtain primary custody of the two children after Ravenel was arrested andcharged with assault and batteryin the second degree.Ravenel pleaded guiltyin September to third-degree assault and battery after his children’s former nanny accused him of rape. He agreed to pay a $500 fine in lieu of a 30-day jail sentence.
source: people.com
