Marlon Wayans has officially filed a response after his ex, Brittany Moreland, filed for full custody of their 18-month-old daughter, Axl July Ivory Wayans. According to court documents obtained by ET, the 51-year-old comedian and actor is requesting joint physical and legal custody of the former couple's daughter. In his court documents, filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Wayans also filed a voluntary declaration of parentage, which he signed in December.
The comedian is also requesting that reasonable expenses of pregnancy and birth be shared jointly, as well as attorney fees and other fees that arise over the course of the custody battle. Moreland -- who listed in her own court documents that she's an "unemployed graduate student" in California -- had previously requested that Wayans cover those fees. Wayans' response comes more than three months after Moreland requested full custody and for Wayans to receive visitation rights, a notion the comedian scoffed at in a revealing interview with The Shade Room .
Wayans -- who also shares 23-year-old, Kai, who came out as transgender in November, and 21-year-old, Shawn, with ex Angelica Zachary -- explained why he didn't like being named as a "visitor" to his daughter, Axl. "It's the classic case of a good, loving, responsible father shelling out over $18K per month for a 1-year-old, and an entitled woman decides she wants more," Wayans told the outlet. "My mama and dem would've lost their minds for $2K.
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