Former Westlifer Brian McFadden has reportedly issued legal papers requesting temporary custody of his two children by Kerry Katona.
For anyone who, like me, spent August in a news-free bubble, all you need to know is that Katona's life went particularly loopy over the summer, with more druggy allegations, financial problems, a lost Iceland ad contract and a very bitter fired accountant blabbing to the press.
McFadden has previously expressed concern, via the media, for the welfare of his two children. Most recently on Ireland's 'The Late Late Show' where new host Ryan Tubridy took the opportunity to ask why - given Katona's high profile personal problems have been tabloid fodder for a couple of years now - McFadden had until recently based himself on the other side of the world from his two children, living, as he does, with girlfriend Delta Goodrem in Australia. But McFadden has now said he'd care for the couple's children in Ireland until his ex-wife sorts out her demons.
All of which leads us to the legal letter which, according to an apparent friend of Katona's, has now arrived. Said source told the tabs: "Kerry is terrified of losing her girls. She'd heard Brian was thinking about taking custody, but had heard nothing. Suddenly a letter landed on her doorstep from Brian's lawyers demanding intermediate custody while she sorts herself out. Her children are the most important thing to her, the last thing she needs is a bitter custody battle with Brian... it could destroy her".