Cheryl Burke Wins Custody of Dog in Fallout of Matthew Lawrence Divorce

Cheryl Burke is dancing off with a W in the fallout from her divorce with Matthew Lawrence — as an alternative of going to court docket over custody of their canine … he is waived the white flag.

New court docket docs, obtained by TMZ, present the ‘DWTS’ star and her now-ex-husband have struck a deal concerning the battle over who’ll be the first caretaker of their French bulldog, Ysabella … one thing they’d been preventing about all through the proceedings.

As of now … it seems like Cheryl goes to play canine mother to the pooch, as she was awarded all possession rights — with ML agreeing to surrender all docs/information pertaining to Ysabella, together with the title of “pet parent” for his or her once-shared Home Again service.

There was a trial that was scheduled to happen quickly in the event that they did not squash this, and it seems like they did that simply in the nick of time — with all discovery now being withdrawn.

While Matthew and Cheryl finalized their divorce in September, this was one of the ultimate factors of competition … which Cheryl had even addressed publicly, calling Matt’s insistence on preventing her over it “cruel.” As she mentioned in interviews, she at all times noticed it as *her* canine.

Cheryl says she obtained Ysabella from an ex, and felt entitled to it. In the top, it appears he noticed it that method too. Of course, he is on to new horizons … now in a relationship with Chilli.