"Octomom" Nadya Suleman and her octuplets will be featured in a program airing on the Fox network next Wednesday. (Photo by Gary McCarthy)
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Aug 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM PDT
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Aug 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM PDT
“Octomom” Nadya Suleman has won a court victory as the California Court of Appeal issued a stay of a lower court’s appointment of a guardian for her infant octuplets.
The Orange County Probate Court on July 27 approved a petition for the appointment of a “guardian ad litem” filed by a A Minor Consideration, a group which advocates on behalf of child actors and is headed by former child actor Paul Petersen.
The group claimed that the children need long-term assistance to manage money generated by photos and a planned reality television show.
Suleman’s lawyers argued that the group had no legal standing in the matter.
Further consideration of the legal arguments is scheduled for Aug. 20.
Also this week, the Fox network announced it will air a two-hour special on the life of Suleman, based on footage bought from an online company that paid for access to her life.
Fox has scheduled “Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage,” to air at 8 p.m. next Wednesday.
The show will feature footage obtained by Fox from RadarOnline, the Internet-based company that was granted access by Suleman to her 14 children, the eight babies born to her at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Bellflower last January and the six children she already had.
RadarOnline sold its footage to a production company, Pilgrim Films and Entertainment, which in turned made the deal with Fox.
Fox executive Mike Darnell said the network and Pilgrim had set up a “six-figure” account for the children.
The Fox special will be in addition to an already announced deal Suleman had with Eyeworks UK, a European production company that will begin filiming Suleman and her children for a documentary.
The children will receive a combined $250,000 over three years in the deal with Eyeworks. No U.S. network has agreed to show the Eyeworks footage, which will begin filming Sept. 1.
RadarOnline has already been cited four times by the state Labor Commission for violating employee rules regarding child actors.
Eyeworks also delayed the start of its film schedule to obtain proper permits for child performers.
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