Victoria Azarenka got some good news in her ongoing custody battle for her one-year-old son Leo this week. A California judge ruled that Azarenka’s case should be tried in Belarus and not in California—that’s good news because Azarenka was previously awarded custody from a Belarusian court.
But there aren’t any guarantees as of yet. Leo’s father, Billy McKeague, had just about two weeks to file an appeal, and word is that he plans to do that.
As it stands now, neither parent has been permitted to leave California with Leo, and Azarenka refuses to travel without him, which is why she has pulled out of the U.S. Open and the Australian Open.
Reports are that Azarenka plans to move back to Belarus as quickly as possible, in the hopes that she may gain custody and begin touring the tennis circuit with her Leo soon.
According to TMZ, which broke the story, Azarenka still wants to have an amicable co-parenting relationship with McKeague.