Adrienne Maloof, Paul Nassif in Court: Judge Denies Nassif's Emergency Custody Request

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Adrienne Maloof and Paul Nassif don't need cameras around to crank up the drama.

A judge on Friday denied Nassif's emergency petition regarding custody of their three children, disagreeing with the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills hubby's claim that the kids are at risk of harm when in their mother's care.

Maloof and Nassif, by the way, not only share custody—they still share a home. Nassif referred to their living situation in court documents obtained by E! News as their "nesting arrangement," and stated that he didn't want the other parent in the house on days when he or his soon to be ex-wife was responsible for the kids.

Maloof's attorney, Patricia Phillips, tells us that her client was very pleased with Judge Ralph Hofer's decision not to alter their current "2-2-5" agreement, which will remain in place after one of the parents relocates.

At today's hearing, Nassif's lawyer, Lisa Helfend Meyer, had argued that Maloof exhibited a pattern of physical and verbal abuse against her estranged plastic-surgeon hubby that was being witnessed by their sons, 9-year-old Gavin and 6-year-old twins Christian and Collin.

Maloof has "denigrated me in front of my children, calling me a moron, stupid and dumb," Meyer read aloud from her client's declaration in court. She also told the judge that Maloof had taken a gun out of a briefcase in their bedroom and snapped a photo of it.

"We don't know what she intends to do with the gun," Meyer said.

She went on to accuse Maloof's camp of leaking personal details about Nassif and their relationship to the media. Also, Meyer said, her client received emails from his kids' caretakers after he got to court today stating that the kids had been taken out of school and didn't show up at a dentist appointment their dad had scheduled.

"It appears Ms. Maloof has impulse control problems," Meyer said, adding that Maloof had also fired 9-year-old Gavin's "therapeutic companion." The revised joint-custody arrangement states that Gavin can undergo, at his father's request, a  "psycho-educational evaluation" to be paid for by his parents and that the court will be appointing a child-custody evaluator to review their situation.

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