The Luka Doncic child support case filed in Los Angeles is being withdrawn, but that does not necessarily end the broader dispute involving his two daughters and proceedings in Slovenia.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ Sports, Anamaria Goltes asked a Los Angeles judge on Monday to dismiss her petition without prejudice. That designation matters because it generally leaves open the possibility of another filing later.
“I am withdrawing my Petition for Child Support with the specific intention of resolving this matter amicably and by a mutual agreement which is in the best interests of our children,” Goltes said in the filing.
No executed private support agreement has been reported, and no independent outlet has confirmed the withdrawal beyond TMZ’s account.
Why California jurisdiction was disputed
Goltes initially sought child support and legal fees in Los Angeles. Dončić moved to dismiss the petition in March, arguing that California lacked jurisdiction because Goltes and both children lived in Slovenia.
ESPN reported that Dončić remained a Texas resident. His older daughter, Gabriela, had spent only three months in California, while his younger daughter, Olivia, had never visited the state. Those residency details formed the practical core of his argument: California was being asked to decide support for children with very limited, or no, connection to the state.
Dončić and his attorney, Laura Wasser, also alleged that he had tried to persuade Goltes to relocate to California with the children. According to TMZ, she declined and had lived with them in Slovenia since May.
The withdrawal avoids an immediate California ruling on those jurisdictional questions. It does not establish which terms, if any, the parents have privately accepted.
The Slovenia proceedings remain unresolved
The disagreement was not limited to money. ESPN reported that Dončić had already opened proceedings in Slovenia concerning contact, joint custody and financial support.
He also filed an interim injunction there on February 26, seeking immediate contact with both daughters. Because those proceedings are separate from the Los Angeles petition, Goltes’s latest filing does not show that the wider custody and support dispute has ended. It removes one case from one court, which is progress in an administrative sense, if not necessarily a family one.
Dončić previously addressed the dispute in a statement to ESPN.
“I love my daughters more than anything,” he said, adding that he would “always fight to be with them and give them the best life I can.”
ESPN reported in March that Goltes’s attorney, Evan C. Itzkowitz, did not respond to a request for comment.
How distance shaped the separation
Dončić and Goltes were together for roughly a decade before ending their engagement. They share Gabriela, who is 2, and Olivia, who was born on December 4, 2025.
TMZ described Olivia as 7 months old in its August 4 report, although that birth date would make her exactly 8 months old on publication day.
ESPN and The Associated Press reported that the engagement ended after attempts to arrange for the children to spend more of the NBA season with Dončić in the United States were unsuccessful. That distance then became central to the legal mechanics: the children remained in Slovenia while Dončić played for the Los Angeles Lakers and maintained his reported Texas residency.
For now, Goltes has said she wants to reach a mutual agreement outside the California case. With no public confirmation of completed terms and the Slovenian proceedings still in place, the filing marks a change in venue and strategy rather than a confirmed end to the dispute.
