Sophie Turner suing Joe Jonas to get around ruling barring kids’ relocation: experts

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her new lawsuit against estranged husband Joe Jonas, legal experts say.New York matrimonial lawyers told The Post that Turner’s case is weak – and that it’s a bid to try to get out of the Florida ruling that restricts the parents from relocating their two young daughters amid their divorce.“Sophie appears to be trying very hard to get the kids to England in violation of the Florida court’s prohibition,” Manhattan divorce lawyer Bernard Clair said. “In short, she thinks that her petition here in New York is a way to do something indirectly, that she cannot do directly.”The 27-year-old “Game of Thrones” actress claimed in the Manhattan federal suit from Thursday that the Jonas Brothers singer, 34, was refusing to allow their two daughters to return to their “forever home” in England.Jonas – who abruptly filed for a divorce earlier this month – fired back in a statement from his rep claiming: “The Florida Court has already entered an order that restricts both parents from relocating the children.”The spokesperson said Turner was served with the court order on Sept.

6 – the day after Jonas filed for divorce in Florida, seeking to end their four-year marriage.“The reason she went to federal court is because she is seeking to trump the state court action where the divorce is pending, where there has already been a custody determination,” New York City Matrimonial lawyer Stuart Slotnick told The Post.

Turner filed suit using international child abduction laws – under the Hague Convention – meant for “heinous” situations when a parent runs away with kids to a foreign country, Slotnick explained.