Cher is doing everything she can to protect her family.
Elijah Blue Allman is the son of Cher and her second husband, Gregg Allman.
The singer’s relationship with her son has long been a complicated one.
Back in October, the 77-year-old opened up about her relationship with Elijah after a family ordeal made its way to the public.
At the time, a report surfaced that Cher allegedly hired four men to forcibly remove her son from a New York City hotel room in an apparent intervention in November 2022.
Elijah’s estranged wife, Marieangela King, made the claim in divorce documents she filed last December that recently surfaced.
In response to the allegations, Cher told PEOPLE “that rumor is not true” while declining to comment any further.
However, she did confirm that the private family matter was related to her son’s ongoing addiction issues.
“I’m not suffering from any problem that millions of people in the United States aren’t,” Cher said of watching her son’s struggles with substance abuse.
“I’m a mother. This is my job — one way or another, to try to help my children.”
She continued, “You do anything for your children. Whenever you can help them, you just do it because that’s what being a mother is.”
“But it’s joy, even with heartache,” the singer concluded. “Mostly, when you think of your children, you just smile and you love them, and you try to be there for them.”
Now, just a couple months later, Cher has filed for a conservatorship of her son.
According to documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by PEOPLE, the singer is seeking to be the sole conservator of her son’s estate.
In her filing, Cher claims that her son is “substantially unable to manage his financial resources.”
The document states that Elijah is due to receive assets from trust before the end of the year.
Cher’s filing claims that before that happens, a conservator is “urgently needed … to protect Elijah’s property from loss or injury.”
She believes a conservatorship is needed because he is “currently unable to manage his assets due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues.”
The document also states that his estranged wife, Marieangela King, is not fit to be his conservator because “their tumultuous relationship has been marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises.”
The filing continues, “Elijah is entitled to regular distributions from the Trust, but given his ongoing mental health and substance abuse issues.”
” [Cher] is concerned that any funds distributed to Elijah will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting Elijah’s life at risk,” the filing continues.
The filing concludes by stating that the singer and actress has reportedly “worked tirelessly to get Elijah into treatment and get him the help he needs.”
“[Cher] loves Elijah immensely and has always acted with his best interests in mind,” the filing states.
It went on to say that she has been “unable to discuss his preferences concerning the appointment of a temporary conservator” because of his “current mental and physical health issues.”
A hearing for a temporary order is currently set for Jan. 5, 2024.
The hearing on a permanent order is scheduled for two months later, on March 6, 2024.
Cher has not yet publicly commented on the conservatorship.