JLo's Battle for Custody of Twins

Original August 2011 reports announcing Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s divorce insisted that the pair had come to amicable agreements on all aspects of their split, including a fully ironed out custody arrangement which would grant JLo full custody of the pair’s twins, Max and Emme, 3.

All of that changed when Marc Anthony caught a glimpse of his soon-to-be ex-wife frolicking on the beach in Hawaii with her new fling, 24 year old back up dancer, Casper Smart. To add insult to injury for Marc Anthony, there were even paparazzi photos snapped of Casper Smart twirling and flipping around Lopez and Anthony’s daughter, Emme. According to the new issue of US Weekly Magazine, on newsstands now, Marc Anthony hit the roof when he saw these photos of Smart with his kids, and he is even more disturbed by Smart’s less than stellar driving record (Casper Smart has had scrapes with the law that include illegal drag racing and driving with a suspended license).

Now the Latin crooner is prepared to go to battle with JLo for joint custody of Max and Emme, and he feels he is justified in renegging on their original custody arrangement.

While an article on AOL Music claims that an “insider’ insisted “[Marc] wants to make Jennifer suffer because she’s having fun with someone new, and he knows this will hurt her on the deepest level.” Other sources claim what seems much more obvious and logical, that Anthony has serious doubts about Jennifer Lopez’s parental judgement, and he is genuinely concerned for the well being of his twins.

The new US Weekly article asserts, “J.Lo is worried how the custody battle could effect the twins negatively. [She's] ready to smash him if he tries anything. It’s getting vicious.”

Good parenting aside, many feel that Jennifer Lopez’s involvement with a back up dancer who is half her age, and her judgement in bringing him around her two kids, is having a negative affect on her newly crafted image as the comeback diva. There has been a major online backlash with reader comments that paint Lopez as immature, unwise and foolish. Do you think Jennifer’s open relationship with 24 year old Casper Smart is hurting her public relations efforts and her image?