Sia recently filed for divorce from her estranged husband, Daniel Bernad, with documents revealing a looming custody battle after they privately welcomed a child 11 months ago. The singer, whose real name is Sia Furler, filed to divorce him on Tuesday after two years of marriage. PEOPLE obtained the filing papers, listing the same day as the separation date and seeking legal and physical custody of her third child — first with Bernand — named Somersault Wonder Bernad. She previously adopted two teenage boys in 2019.
Sia is reportedly looking at legal and physical custody of her baby
After privately welcoming a baby with her estranged husband, Daniel Bernad, Sia is looking at legal and physical custody of the child in divorce documents. The paper focused on the legal custody of the duo’s first child, Somersault Wonder Bernad, whom they welcomed on March 27, 2024, reported PEOPLE. The filings also revealed that the musician is agreeable to visitation rights for Bernad and determining custody time together. Before Somersault, she had adopted two teenage boys in 2019 just as they were about to turn 18 and leave foster care.
The “Cheap Thrills” hitmaker and her second husband, Bernad, tied the knot in May 2023 in an intimate ceremony and were together for nearly two years. The outlet obtained their divorce documents, discussing details about their 11-month-old baby and the impending custody battle. In addition, Sia cited irreconcilable differences in her filing and requested the court to deny her soon-to-be ex-husband spousal support.
Reports of Sia’s divorce and potential custody battle surfaced years after she underwent in vitro fertilization treatments with her first ex-husband, Erik Anders Lang. She and Lang, a filmmaker, had been together for three years, from 2014 to 2017, and two years later, she adopted her two sons. Then, in 2020, the Grammy winner disclosed to In Style that she had always “wanted to be a mom my whole entire life” and opened up about her motherhood journey since adopting the boys.
