Cher has filed for a conservatorship over her son Elijah Blue Allman following his alleged recent substance abuse issues.
According to documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Blast, the 77-year-old music icon has requested to be the sole conservator of her 47-year-old son's estate.
This is due to concerns that Elijah, who is also a musician, cannot properly take care of himself or "manage his own financial resources" because of his alleged problems with drug abuse.
The document notes that, although he is expected to acquire assets from the trust before the end of the year, a conservator is "urgently needed ... to protect Elijah's property from loss or injury" because he is "currently unable to manage his assets due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues".
The filing also states that the 'Crimson & Clover' singer's estranged wife, Marieangela King - whom he wed in 2023 - is not a suitable conservator because "their tumultuous relationship has been marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises".
Therefore, his mother has reportedly "worked tirelessly to get Elijah into treatment and get him the help he needs," but has not been able to discuss his "preferences concerning the appointment of a temporary conservator" because his "current mental and physical health issues" leave him "unable to form or express a preference" concerning the conservator for his estate.
A hearing for a temporary order is currently set for January 5, 2024, with the hearing on a permanent order scheduled for March 6, 2024.
The document comes months after it was reported that the 'Believe' songstress allegedly hired a group of men to forcibly remove Elijah - whose dad is the late rocker Gregg Allman - from a New York City hotel room in 2022 so that he could be taken to rehab for his drug addiction.
Cher - who is also the mother of Chaz Bono, 54, with her first husband, late musician Sonny Bono - opened up about the allegations during an interview with PEOPLE, simply stating that the "rumor is not true".
However, the 'After All' hitmaker confirmed that the family matter was related to her son's substance issues, which he has spoken candidly about over the years.
"I’m not suffering from any problem that millions of people in the United States aren’t," the singer said of watching Elijah's struggles. "I’m a mother. This is my job - one way or another, to try to help my children."
"You do anything for your children. Whenever you can help them, you just do it because that’s what being a mother is. But it’s joy, even with heartache - mostly, when you think of your children, you just smile and you love them, and you try to be there for them," she added.
