Dwyane Wade Calls Ex-Spouse “Absent Mother or father” In Petition Response

Dwyane Wade went papa bear mode on his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade following her petition to pause Zaya Wade‘s title and gender change. Siohvaughn accused Dwyane of “pressuring” their daughter into transitioning for his monetary acquire. And the daddy of 4, two with Siohvaughn, wasn’t right here for her ‘deadbeat-parent’ critiques.

He revealed that he discovered of Siohvaughn’s petition whereas “on a life-changing journey in our motherland Africa.” However he additionally emphasised that their daughter Zaya bought phrase in regards to the “severe and dangerous allegations” whereas at school.

“Whereas none of us are stunned by Siohvaughn’s try and battle Zaya’s id and her unwavering try to tug my title via the mud, I’m very dissatisfied that she repeatedly finds methods of centering herself and HER wants with out regard to her kids. This report got here out whereas Zaya was in school,” Dwyane mentioned.

In his assertion, Wade counseled his trans daughter’s means to excel at school with a 4.0 GPA in honors whereas navigating “unsolicited and dangerous consideration and debates about her gender and sexuality.” 

Right here’s What Triggered Dwyane’s Clapback Assertion

Siohvaughn’s objections comply with Wade’s August petition to legally drop their teen’s lifeless title Zion in favor of Zaya and concern a decree recognizing her gender change from male to feminine. In his paperwork, the daddy argued his “full authority” to ask for the title and gender change on Zaya’s behalf. Nonetheless, the docs say Siohvaughn obtained discover as a courtesy. However Siohvaughn’s petition insists that Wade encourages the title and gender change to line his pockets. She claimed Dwyane bragged in regards to the cash already made in an April 2022 assembly.

“[Wade] advised me that he meant to make our little one very well-known because of the title and gender concern and in addition knowledgeable me that there can be endorsements/contracts related therewith,” Siohvaughn mentioned.

Per the petition, Siohvaughn doesn’t appear positioned in opposition to the title and gender change however is worried about how a lot the 15-year-old influenced the selections. She’s asking that the adjustments be halted till she’s “on the age of majority.”

Dwyane Says Siohvaughn Gained’t Take Alternatives To Know Zaya

In his clapback at his ex-wife, Dwyane recalled that he received sole custody of their two kids over a decade in the past. However he says that solely occurred after Siohvaughn ran via 13 legal professionals and triggered “irreparable hurt to her kids.”

“All I ever wished was to have my parenting time uninterrupted, as I knew it might be a really troublesome time for our children to navigate their new regular,” Dwyane mentioned. “So as a substitute of really making an attempt to co-parent over time, she’s left her house to see extra legal professionals and has taken time to speak to extra legal professionals since I filed for divorce than she’s left house to truly see or have really spoken and LISTENED to Zaya over all these years.”

Wade mentioned he had opened each avenue for Siohvaughn to be concerned of their little one’s life, together with encouraging talks along with her “lecturers, medical doctors, therapist,” and even pals. However, per Wade, Siohvaughn has chosen to not take the alternatives.

“She has not been to a faculty, recital, commencement, college dance, play date, apply, parent-teacher convention, and so on. and Zaya has given her each alternative to attempt to get to know her. She received’t do it,” Wade mentioned.

And the previous NBA participant didn’t let up on his drag! He mentioned Siohvaughn claims to be “an excellent Christian mom” however hasn’t made “any sacrifice or effort to go away her own residence to take part in her kids’s lives in over a decade.”

“Zaya is just not the identical 3-year-old little one anymore and she or he’s screaming that to the world however most significantly to her mom! Nobody in our home would ever power Zaya or any of our kids to do something in opposition to their will, a lot much less power an id on them. This isn’t a recreation for my household and undoubtedly not for Zaya,” Dwyane wrote. “That is her life! All of the whereas my spouse and our village has been her rock in serving to her decide up the items after heartbreak after heartbreak. Siohvaughn has determined to just about be an absent father or mother to Zaya ALL ON HER OWN.”

Dwyane Says His Lawyer Will Be In Contact With Siohvaughn

Dwyane highlighted that he’s a “ten toes down” dad, regardless of the awful rep males get for being absentee fathers. And in contrast to over a decade in the past, Dwyane mentioned he isn’t letting his ex-wife’s claims fly this time.

“I cannot sit on my fingers and permit her to make a mockery of my dedication to my household,” he mentioned. “The excessive highway has run out of actual property. My lawyer will keep up a correspondence and better of luck to the 14th lawyer as they attempt to unravel this e book of lies that’s been offered to them.”