Bristol, Levi Custody Deal Reached On Son Tripp (VIDEO)

By the Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have reached a custody agreement for their toddler son, Tripp.

The 19-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin earlier this month called off her re-engagement to the 20-year-old Johnston.

WATCH a video on this and scroll down to keep reading:

On Friday, Palin family attorney Thomas Van Flein confirmed a report that the couple have agreed on custody. He says Palin gets primary physical custody of the little boy and they share legal custody, subject to her resolution if they can't agree.

The lawyer adds that Johnston gets visitation on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Van Flein says Johnston will pay child support based on anticipated earnings of $72,000 per year.

A report of the agreement appeared on TMZ.com.

The couple broke off their first engagement soon after Tripp was born in December 2008.

Comments

[ArtsyJane]

05:10 PM on 08/16/2010

WOW, creepy lookin'!

[KIVPossum]

03:02 PM on 08/16/2010

You younger guys take this as a warning. That sweet chickadee you take home could present you with a water melon belly, a bat-stuff crazy mom, and a lot more aggravation than you want.

[JaCqieBHO]

06:47 PM on 08/16/2010

I wish they can Learn...

[PinkOne]

02:20 PM on 08/16/2010

why is this on the politics page? Who cares?

[LeeCalif]

01:53 PM on 08/16/2010

The agreement said remarks about one parent about the other parent is to be positive.

That does not include anything about other family matters.

[ontariogirl]

01:00 PM on 08/16/2010

"Van Flein says Johnston will pay child support based on anticipated earnings of $72,000 per year."
How will he earn $72K a year??? I'd like to know.

[WriterGirl]

12:58 PM on 08/16/2010

This poor kid. He's going to have all the money in the world, but he's always going to be the illegitimate son of an immature teen belonging to a genetic pool exhibiting intellectual and emotional IQs that fall in the negative range. I do not envy him his upbringing :-(

[260Parkway]

11:43 AM on 08/16/2010

Okay, you can take this post down now. It's been on the site way too long. I'm sick of seeing these people who have done nothing to be on this site except have a baby out of wedlock!

[Libb Cabal]

12:00 PM on 08/16/2010

There are a lot more articles on Levi Johnston in the HP Levi Johnston section.

I agree, though. It's been too long since a new Levi/Bristol article has popped up. Since they do something that ticks off Sarah Palin about every third day, I can't wait for the next one to show up!

[TaiJi2]

11:28 AM on 08/16/2010

Custody deal? I thought they were engaged to be married (again)..

[Libb Cabal]

11:56 AM on 08/16/2010

You are behind the times, my friend. That ended about 5 days after it started.

In retrospect, I wonder if Levi did it just to goad Sarah Palin. He sure has the knack for making her pitch a very unpresidential fit.

[sparky73]

11:12 AM on 08/16/2010

That baby is adorable! But, I guess its no surprise considering how good looking his parents are.

[JaCqieBHO]

06:48 PM on 08/16/2010

LOOL...Sureee!!

[whirledgonecrazy]

10:42 AM on 08/16/2010

Levi will see Tripp when he's not doing photo shoots or partying with hot chicks. Levi will have the kid when Bristol is out on her Abstinence World Tour.

[JaCqieBHO]

06:49 PM on 08/16/2010

Match Made in heaven....they belong 2gether

[David Olson]

10:37 AM on 08/16/2010

why is this considered political news....?
Better yet...why is it news worthy at all?

[Libb Cabal]

11:39 AM on 08/16/2010

It's on the political section because it is newsworthy.

Sarah Palin is obviously ramping up for a 2012 presidential run. 70% of Americans don't believe she has the qualifications to be president. The number has risen, IMO, because when she first burst on the national scene, the American masses didn't know much about her. It takes time for that kind of knowledge spread and really sink in. That 70% don't think she's qualified for being president means it is filtering through even to the conservatives.

As with most candidates who are not qualified for an office they are running for, Sarah Palin has started trying to tear down her presumed opponent, president Obama.

Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin are the immediate visual reminder of what and who Sarah Palin really is. Their dysfunctionality and desire to be in the public eye is a stark reminder of Sarah Palin's narcissistic dysfunctionality, money-grubbing ways, and flaming hypocrisy.

When Bristol first came out and sad that abstinence didn't work, then got paid for saying abstinence was the only way to prevent pregnancy--wasn't that 100% chip-off-the-old-block Sarah Palin? And some of the voting conservative masses will register that.

[fawn218]

10:13 AM on 08/16/2010

I hope her next upcoming custody/support hearings for the new bun can be settled earlier in the child's life. Maybe Bristle and Ben can settle it sooner than Bristle and Levi, or is there going to be another spongebob squarepillow born to arah?

[MTmel]

12:21 PM on 08/16/2010

huh?

[ontariogirl]

01:00 PM on 08/16/2010

Double huh???

[NoSillyName]

01:11 AM on 08/17/2010

I agree.

[HKB]

09:54 AM on 08/16/2010

Here's the role model for 12 - 20 year old young girls - don't have sex, but if you do like Bristol did, you wlll see how much fun having that baby is.

Family values for the Palins are nothing but a phone call to People Magazine.

[Lesann]

11:28 AM on 08/16/2010

True and fanned.

[Libb Cabal]

11:57 AM on 08/16/2010

And don't think for a minute that American conservative voters are slowly registering that.

That's why these Bristol/Levi stories are relevant to politics.

[Dovescorner]

09:30 AM on 08/16/2010

This from Mama Grizzly, the Poster Child from the right, The essence of "Family Values" Way to go Alaska. Way to go Republican Party. The Palins are a hot item on the political scene and this is what they have out front to model "Family Values"? What's really going on? Can you image them as the first family with all this drama.

[mendelcrosses]

09:29 AM on 08/16/2010

parental custody deals are now national news?