Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner Divorce Updates: Ex-Couple Head For 'Bitter Fight' Over Kid’s Custody

Now that the divorce has officially been announced, ex-couple Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are rumored to move on in settling the legalities of their split including the battle for custody for their three kids.

According to Mirror, Ben's actions to spend more time with his three kids--Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and Samuel, 3 after the divorce is part of his attorney's advice so that he can win the custody battle with his ex-wife.

"Ben's attorney has advised him that he needs to be around as much as possible to show that he's responsible and involved in his children's everyday lives," a source said.

"He wants joint legal and physical custody - he doesn't want to let Jen take the kids away from him. But those kids are Jen's main priority and she wants sole physical custody. It's turning into a bitter fight."

Since the divorce, the Batman actor makes sure to fly to Atlanta to be with kids. It can also be remembered that Jen and Ben took their kids to the Bahamas for a vacation to shield them from the media eye.

The news source, however, pointed out that the actress did not apply for sole custody with their kids.

But another report from Radar said that the Miracles in Heaven star is still wary of his ex-husband's lifestyle choices and does not completely trust his parenting skills.

"Ben can go to some dark places and Jen doesn't want the kids to be around him when he's like that. And she doesn't trust him to take care of them for an extended period of time," an insider said.

Meanwhile, divorce attorney John Shea of Mirick O'Connell thinks that a mediator can amicably divide Affleck and Garner's assets and avoid much conflict, IB Times said.

"If people do an agreement by way of mediation, where they use a neutral party - and usually it's a lawyer, but not always - that cuts the cost. You've got one professional instead of two and you've got one professional trying to get both parties to come to an agreement rather than two separate professionals fighting the other side for their clients," the lawyer explained.