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Christina Ricci may be acting in a new project, but she’s putting her role as mom first amid her contentious divorce.
The actress and her estranged husband, cinematographer James Heerdegen, submitted a new custody arrangement for their 6-year-old son, Frederick “Freddie” Heerdegen, to the court last month, with a judge signing off on it last week, per Los Angeles County Superior Court documents obtained by Page Six on Tuesday.
The new order — which favors Ricci — comes in the midst of the pair’s heated divorce, which saw Ricci and Heerdegen both seek restraining orders against each other and make claims of domestic abuse.
The agreement was made as Ricci, 41, is planning to relocate to Vancouver to begin filming on a project later this month. It is unclear what role will be taken on in Canada, but it was announced last month that she is set to star in thriller-flick “Monstrous.”
Freddie will live in Vancouver with Ricci, the agreement states, with Heerdegen getting visitation rights. Ricci agreed to pay Heerdegen’s “reasonable costs for travel and accommodations,” which include “economy airfare.”
Ricci will also select the hotel where Heerdegen says — although it is unclear if it has anything to do with the restraining order she was granted against Heerdegen in January. Heerdegen also sought a restraining order against Ricci the same month, but his request was denied.
Ricci and Heerdegen married in 2013, but the “Addams Family” star filed for divorce in July 2020 following an alleged domestic battery incident at their home where she sought an emergency restraining order.
As part of their new agreement, Ricci will have sole legal custody of Freddie and will facilitate 15-minute FaceTime calls three times per week with Heerdegen when he is not able to be in Canada. However, if he “engaged in any inappropriate communication” with Freddie — which includes discussing their ongoing divorce — the call will be terminated.
The agreement also mandates that all of Heerdegen’s visits with Freddie be supervised and “after four weeks,” he and Ricci will discuss the “appropriateness of expanded visitation and/or overnights.”
Heerdegen also acknowledged in the agreement that he would not interfere with Ricci’s work contract.
A representative for Ricci didn’t immediately get back to us.
Heerdegen’s attorney didn’t return our request for comment.
