Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic is accusing his ex-fiancée of filing for child support for their two children in the wrong state in order to receive better payments.
Doncic and his former fiancée, Anamaria Goltes, have been embroiled in a battle over their children as they go through an ugly separation.
According to court documents, the 27-year-old Doncic filed a motion to dismiss Goltes’ petition for child support – which was submitted in Los Angeles.
Doncic is moving for the petition to be declared invalid on the grounds that Goltes and their daughters – Gabriela, 2, and Olivia, 3 months – are not California residents.
Moreover, the Lakers star says he filed a family law action in their home nation of Slovenia last month.
Luka Doncic is challenging his ex-fiancee’s petition to receive child support in California
Doncic argues that his ex, Anamaria Goltes, and his two children are not residents of California
Doncic accuses Goltes of knowing of this case in Slovenia, but choosing to file in California to ‘avail herself of the generous amounts of child support for which California is well-known.’
‘Luka has always provided for anything his daughters could need or want and will continue to do so,’ a spokesperson for Doncic said in a statement to People Magazine on Tuesday.
‘He will always fight to be with his daughters and give them the best life possible. Luka is seeking dismissal of this case simply because Slovenia, not California, is the appropriate forum for adjudication of this dispute.’
Earlier this month, Doncic revealed he ‘recently made the tough decision to end my engagement’ with Goltes just months after the birth of his second child.
‘I love my daughters more than anything and I’ve been doing everything I can for them to be with me in the US during the season,’ Doncic told ESPN.
‘But that hasn’t been possible, so I recently made the tough decision to end my engagement.
‘Everything I do is for my daughters’ happiness and I will always fight to be with them and give them the best life I can.’
Before Doncic announced the end of the engagement, Goltes had already filed a petition seeking an unspecified sum in child support with a California court. The motion also included a request to cover attorneys fees.
Doncic announced the split earlier this month just weeks after the birth of his second daughter
Doncic proposed to Goltes in July of 2023 near Bled Castle in Slovenia.
The two met when they were children.
‘We met when we were 12 years old at the seaside in Croatia,’ Goltes said in a 2020 Instagram Q&A, via the New York Post.
‘Fun fact: We still have the same group of friends we had at that time. You keep the real ones, am I right?’
Doncic called the birth date of his first child as ‘the happiest day of my life.’
He also missed multiple Lakers games this season as Goltes gave birth.
