Singer Shakira and former professional footballer Gerard Pique will meet in a Barcelona court to discuss visitation arrangements for their sons, according to Spanish newspaper EL PAÍS.
Shakira believes that her former partner could spend short vacations with their children in Miami so that the boys avoid frequent long-distance flights. The singer maintains that constant changes in time zones disrupt the children's habitual lifestyle and daily routine.
Proposed visitation schedule
The upcoming court meeting in Barcelona, the regional capital of Catalonia in northeastern Spain, focuses on resolving the scheduling of parental visits. According to the report published by EL PAÍS, a major daily newspaper based in Madrid, Shakira favors an arrangement where Pique travels to Florida to spend short holiday breaks with their sons, preventing the young boys from making repeated trans-Atlantic flights between Europe and North America.
Background of the couple
Shakira is a multi-Grammy Award-winning Colombian singer and songwriter famous for international hit singles including Hips Don't Lie and Whenever, Wherever. Following the couple's high-profile separation, she departed Spain to settle in Miami, Florida, a major center for Latin music and entertainment, where she now lives with the couple's two sons.
Pique is a former Spanish professional football player who played as a central defender for FC Barcelona for more than a decade before his retirement from the sport. During his career, he won numerous La Liga titles, European trophies, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the Spain national team.
Recent public attention
The news of the court meeting comes amid ongoing media focus on the singer. Hollywood actor and director Ben Affleck recently commented for the first time on rumors of a relationship with Shakira. Affleck, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker known for directing Argo and starring in films such as Good Will Hunting, addressed the public speculation surrounding his connection to the performer.
