Evening star., 1954-04-27
BY the Assoeiated Press

! NEW YORK, April 27.-Law-
J. yers sought today to reach an
: agreement on custody and f1nan-
|. cial arrangements for the daugh-
:. ter Of Rita Hayworth and Miss
= Hayworth's former husband,
Prince Ally Khan.
!. The move came only day
: after the movie star fought a
:. complaint that she neglected her
: two children and had them re-
: turned to her from protective
+. court custody.
Miss Hayworth and her pres
ent husband, Singer Dick
Haynes. settled 1own in suite
at the Madison Hotel with the
: children, Yasmin, 4, Khan'S
daughter, and Rebecca Welles,
g, born during her marriage to
: Actor Orson Welles.
Miss Hayworth's attorney.
BARLEY Crum, announced. mean
while, that he was comforting
: today with the princes lawyer.
Charles Torem. to reach an
agreement on Yasmin-an ac-
-tion entirely separate from the
neglect case.
Could Then Remarry.
Such an agreement. as part of
the divorce settlement between
the prince and Rita, would open
the way for him to remarry. He
has been counting Actress Gene
Tierney, and Miss Tierney has
said she hopes to marry him
within six months in France.
Miss Hayworth divorced the
prince January 26. 1858. in Reno.
New, but financial details at
tendant on the divorce were not
settled at that time.
Further, Ally has not yet made
an appearance in the Nevada
court and until he does the de-
cree is not recognized every
where outside Nevada.
Aly's position has been that
he will not make an appearance
until agreement is reached on
custody and financial details. for
approval by the court.
Ally wants to be sure that if
this agreement goes through
Rita will not be able to go back
to the court later and demand
more" Mr.. Crum said during
negotiations last fall.
Called Devoted Mother.
The neglect action was based
on the actress leaving the chill
dren at the home of a governess,
Mrs. Dorothy Chambers, in
White Plains while she and Mr..
Haynes took a Florida vacation.
The movie star is "a loving and
devoted mother" declared the
judge in announcing disposition
of charges that the children had
been neglected. He was quot
ing Mr. Welles.
The neglect case was worked
out in a three hour private con-
ference yesterday with Children's
Judge George w. Smyth in
White Plains. Present were
representatives of the West
chester County Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren, which filed the complaint
on which the case was based.
Judge Smyth, who had placed
the children In protective Gus
tody of the court last Friday. but
left them in the care of their
governeSS, returned them to their
mother. The charges of neglect
were dismissed. However, the
court agreement required Miss
Hayworth to concede there had
been at least a technical basis
for the charge.
NeighbOrs Complained.
The neglect petition was filed
after two neighbors complained
the children were not properly
supervised as they played out
side Mrs. Chambers White
Plains home. Heavy traffic,
business establishments, motelS
and gasoline stations mark the
neighborhood.
Prince Ally sent his lawyer into
the conference to help his former
wige fight the neglect charges.
The prince stayed behind at
White Plains hotel to play with
his little daughter and after
ward reported, Il had a Won
derful time. I spent the after
noon on my knees on the floor"
The prince declined to make
any comment on the neglect case.
Prince Ally has been seeking
custody of the child. the first
princess born into his fabulouSly
wealthy family in 200 years. He
is reported prepared to settle
more than 81 million on her
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