Kanye West asks for joint custody of children in divorce proceedings

2021-04-14T00:40:53.518Z

Kanye West responded to Kim Kardashian's divorce petition by setting terms of custody and support. 1 of 31 | Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West attend Vanity Fair's Oscars party in February 2020 (Credit: Rich Fury / VF20 / Getty Images) 2 of 31 | Kim and Kanye at an Intermix clothing store opening in 2007. They met in the early 2000s, but it would be years before they became romantically involved. (Credit: Chris Weeks / WireImage / Getty Images) 3 of 31 | Kim and Kanye with Kim's sister Kourt

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Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West attend Vanity Fair's Oscars party in February 2020 (Credit: Rich Fury / VF20 / Getty Images)

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Kim and Kanye at an Intermix clothing store opening in 2007. They met in the early 2000s, but it would be years before they became romantically involved.

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Kim and Kanye with Kim's sister Kourtney Kardashian at a party in Holmby Hills, California, in 2008 (Credit: Michael Bezjian / WireImage / Getty Images)

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Kim and Kanye look at the board of an NBA game, while seated among the attendees in Los Angeles in May 2012. (Credit: Harry How / Getty Images)

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Kim and Kanye (right) alongside another famous celebrity couple, Beyonce and Jay-Z, at the BET Awards in July 2012. (Credit: Christopher Polk / Getty Images)

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Kim receives a birthday cake while attending the Angel Ball in New York in October 2012. She had a birthday the day before.

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Kim and Kanye inside a vehicle while in London in November 2012. (Credit: Niki Nikolova / FilmMagic / Getty Images)

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The couple ring in the new year at a party in Las Vegas in December 2012. (Credit: Denise Truscello / WireImage / Getty Images)

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Kim and Kanye attend the Met Gala in New York in May 2013. (Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images)

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The couple pose for Vogue magazine, in its April 2014 issue. They married in Italy the following month.

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Kim carries the couple's first daughter, North West, at a fashion show in Paris in September 2014 (Credit: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff / French Select / Getty Images).

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Kanye whispers something to Kim during a red carpet in November 2014 (Credit: Valerie Macon / AFP / Getty Images)

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Singer Taylor Swift talks to Kanye at the Grammy Awards in February 2015 (Credit: Kevin Mazur / WireImage / Getty Images)

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Kim carries North to a fashion show in New York in February 2015.

Joining him are Kanye and rapper Nicki Minaj at a fashion show in New York in February 2015 (Credit: Craig Barritt / Getty Images).

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The couple visit a tattoo parlor in London in February 2015 (Credit: Eagle Lee / Barcroft Media / Getty Images)

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Kim holds North while the family visits Geghard Monastery in Armenia in April 2015. Kim's grandparents were Armenian-American.

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Kim and Kanye attend the Met Gala in New York in May 2015 (Credit: J. Countess / FilmMagic / Getty Images)

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The couple kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards in August 2015 (Credit: Christopher Polk / MTV1415 / Getty Images)

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Kanye gives a surprise on "American Idol" with an audition in October 2015. Kim was pregnant with her second baby.

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Kim and Kanye pose with members of her family in February 2016. From left to right are Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom, Kris Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Kanye, Kim, Caitlin Jenner and Kylie Jenner.

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Kim and Kanye walk the red carpet at the Met Gala in May 2016 (Credit: Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images)

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The couple attend the MTV Video Music Awards in August 2016 (Credit: Mike Coppola / MTV1617 / Getty Image)

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Kanye holds his son Saint and Kim holds North as they walk in New York in August 2016 (Credit: Alo Ceballos / GC Images / Getty Images)

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Kim and Kanye appeared on "Celebrity Family Feud" in February 2018. It was the Kardashian family versus the West family.

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The couple sit backstage during Travis Scott's Astroworld tour in December 2018 (Credit: Handout / Rich Fury / Getty Images)

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Kim and Kanye arrive at the Met Gala in New York in May 2019 (Credit: Angela Weiss / AFP / Getty Images)

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The family is photographed in New York in September 2019. Kim gave birth to daughter Chicago in January 2018 and son Psalm in May 2019. (Credit: Gotham / GC Images / Getty Images)

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The couple walk down Sixth Avenue in New York in October 2019 (Credit: James Devaney / GC Images / Getty Images)

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Kanye speaks at the Innovator Awards in New York in November 2019 (Credit: Lars Niki / Getty Images)

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From left to right, North, Kim, Kanye and Saint Walt together in New York in December 2019 (Credit: TheStewartofNY / GC Images / Getty Images)

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Kim and Kanye are photographed in Paris in March 2020 (Credit: Mehdi Taamallah / NurPhoto / Getty Images)

(CNN) -

Kanye West responded to Kim Kardashian's request for divorce. In his response, filed last Friday and obtained by CNN, West requested joint legal and physical custody of their four children.

Neither party is requesting spousal support.

Representatives for West had no comment.

Kardashian filed for divorce in February.

CNN has reached out to his representative for comment.

The couple had been living separately for several months, with West living in Wyoming and Kardashian at her home in California.

The two met in the early 2000s and were subsequently married in a lavish ceremony in 2014.

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