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Madonna and Guy Ritchie have found themselves in the midst of a residence battle after one of their two teenage sons refused to return from London to the US to be with his mother.

The Material Girl singer appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, telling a judge that her son had informed her that he would prefer to stay in the UK with his film-director dad.

The 57-year-old pop diva, who is currently in the middle of her Rebel Heart world tour, asked Justice Deborah Kaplan to force her ex-husband to send their 15-year-old son, Rocco, to New York.



The teen 'has expressed very clearly that he does not want to return to New York,' the New York Daily News reported.

When asked by the judge whether Ritchie, 47, has prevented his son from returning to the US, the filmmaker's lawyer, Eric Buckley, reportedly replied: 'Effectively yes.'

Kaplan ruled that Rocco Ritchie must return to New York and talk to his mother before deciding which parent he prefers.

The 15-year-old will be represented in the custody case by his own court-appointed attorney, Justice Kaplan decreed.

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