Cher ends bid for conservatorship of son Elijah Blue Allman after 9-month court battle: ‘Rebuilding’ family bond

Cher has officially ended her bid to gain a conservatorship over her son Elijah Blue Allman.

“The team successfully defended Elijah, resulting in Cher voluntarily dismissing her petition,” Allman’s attorneys, Avi Levy and Steven Brumer of California’s Cage & Miles, LLP, told People Friday.

“This outcome allows the parties to focus on healing and rebuilding their family bond, a process that began during mediation and continues today.”

Cher ended her bid to gain a conservatorship over her son Elijah Blue Allman, People reported Friday. The pair can be seen attending the 5th Annual Fire and Ice Ball in 1994 above. Ron Davis

Allman’s attorneys said in a statement to the publication that both parties are focused on “healing and rebuilding their family bond.” Freelance

Cher’s lawyer, Gabrielle Vidal, said in court on Friday that the singer and her son “privately resolved this matter” via mediation, Rolling Stone reported. Neither party physically appeared in court.

Cher’s representative and attorney did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment. The lawyers at Cage & Miles did not immediately return our calls, either.

The “Believe” singer, 78, first filed for a conservatorship over Allman, 48, in December 2023, citing alleged substance abuse issues as well as an inability to “manage his own financial resources.”

Rolling Stone reported Friday that the pair “privately resolved the matter” via mediation. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

The “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer filed for a conservatorship over Allman in December 2023. Getty Images

Court docs obtained by Page Six at the time claimed that “any funds distributed to Elijah will immediately be spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself, and putting Elijah’s life at risk.”

Allman, whose dad is late musician Gregg Allman, filed a response objecting to his mother’s request in January.

Though he admitted in the filing that he had “struggled with addiction and spent money in ways that have not always been the most responsible,” he assured the court that he is now “clean and sober” and “a conservatorship of the estate is not necessary at this time.”

In her court documents, she claimed that “any funds distributed to Elijah will immediately be spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself.” Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

However, Elijah quickly filed an objection to his mother’s request. Corbis Sygma

He also said his mother was “unfit” to serve as his conservator.

Later that month, Eljah’s wife, Marieangela King, claimed Cher was “manic depressive” and “categorically unfit” to take control of her husband’s finances.

“[Cher] is not capable of managing her own affairs — let alone those of Elijah,” she wrote in court documents obtained by Page Six.

“To my knowledge, the petitioner has never known the security code to her own home, does not drive, does not prepare her own meals or dress herself, and has admitted to me that she is a ‘manic depressive.'”

He admitted to having drug and financial issues in the past but assured the court he was doing much better. The New York Post

His wife, Mariangela King, who can be seen walking beside him in the photo above in January, also slammed Cher as “categorically unfit.” The New York Post

Elijah, who married who wed King in 2013, filed to dismiss his pending divorce against her shortly after Cher filed for conservatorship. He originally filed for divorce in November 2021.

His dismissal was granted “without prejudice” — meaning he could re-file in the future — in February.

Cher’s motion for an emergency conservatorship was ultimately denied twice by the end of January.

Months before her conservatorship filing, Page Six reported that Cher allegedly hired men to “kidnap” Elijah from a New York hotel room he was staying in with his wife to take him to a clinic to get him sober.

Elijah filed for divorce from King in 2021. The New York Post

He then filed to dismiss their divorce in January and his request was granted in February. The New York Post

“Cher’s kids are the important things in her heart,” a longtime friend of the Grammy winner told us exclusively in September 2023, however.

“I’ve no doubt that whatever she has done for Elijah has been with the greatest and best intentions possible.”

Elijah is Cher’s youngest child. She also has 55-year-old transgender son named Chaz Bono, whom she shared with her late duet partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono.