pete won custody of lucas in private practice.
pete won custody of lucas in private practice.
who wins custody of lucas in private practice?
pete
peter and his twin sister lucy beale (eva brittin-snell) are born in december 1993, to ian (adam woodyatt) and cindy beale (michelle collins). peter is named after ian's father, pete beale (peter dean), who died on the day lucy and peter were born, from a car accident with his girlfriend, rose chapman (petra markham). in 1996, cindy hires a hitman to kill ian, but he survives and fearing she will be arrested, she goes on the run with peter and her eldest son, steven beale (stuart stevens), and she is unable to get lucy. ian hires a private investigator, who locates cindy in italy and ian, his stepfather phil mitchell (steve mcfadden and phil's brother grant mitchell (ross kemp), go to italy and take steven and peter. cindy returns to walford with her boyfriend, nick holland (dominic taylor), and she wins custody of steven, lucy and peter, but is arrested for attempted murder and is remanded in custody, so the children stay with ian. in november 1998, cindy dies of complications after giving birth to hers and nick's daughter cindy williams (eva wortley and cydney parker), who is peter's younger half-sister. steven, lucy and peter grow up with various stepmothers: melanie healy (tamzin outhwaite) splits from ian straight after marrying him in millennium eve due to her finding out lucy (now casey anne rothery) was not sick with cancer as initially feared and in july 2003, ian's wife laura beale gives birth to hers and ian's son, bobby beale (kevin curran), who is peter and lucy's younger half-brother, and they separate when ian denies paternity, but she later dies in march 2004.
peter beale
upon his birth in 1989, victor jerome (jack axelrod) arranges for the baby to be sold on the black market, leading cheryl (jennifer anglin) to believe her son died at birth. bobbie buys the infant and names him lucas after her brother, luke (anthony geary). at the time, lucas is believed to be cheryl's son with robert scorpio (tristan rogers), who becomes lucas's godfather when the boy is christened in 1989. bobbie and tony marry shortly after. meanwhile, the jerome family lawyer, mark broxton, hides lucas's identity in a secret file called the "billion dollar baby." cheryl admits julian is lucas's father. together, they start looking for him. to avoid jail time, broxton attempts to use the information about lucas in exchange for his freedom. robert confronts bobbie about her schemes, and tony leaves her. cheryl later leaves town with lucas in tow. in late 1992, cheryl is killed in a car accident. lucas is taken in by his aunt tiffany hill (sharon wyatt) and her husband, sean donely (john reilly). in her will, cheryl leaves custody of lucas to bobbie and tony. however, tiffany decides to fight for custody. bobbie wins custody. she and tony officially adopt lucas in march 1993. in 1994, lucas's sister, b.j. dies and donates her heart to their cousin maxie. in 1996, tony and bobbie divorce. tony often harasses bobbie about seeing lucas. in 2001, lucas is poisoned by helena cassadine and tony is forced to work for her to obtain the cure. luke is able to foil helena's plans and obtain the cure for lucas.
lucas jones