Court Documents Prove Kel Mitchell Was Never An Absentee Dad
Rumor Control: Kel Mitchell’s Daughter Claims He Was An Absentee Dad, But Court Docs Show He Fought To See Her
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Kel Mitchell is known for being extremely devoted to his wife Asia Lee and their two kids as well as his two adult children from his marriage with ex-wife Tyisha Hampton, so we were shocked to hear there were social media posts out there claiming otherwise…

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Court Documents Prove Kel Mitchell Has Never Been An Absentee Father
You all may have seen the recent viral TikTok video where beloved ‘90s actor and comedian Kel Mitchell’s daughter Allure accused him of being an absentee father — we did as well, but we thought the timing was a little interesting since Mitchell and his ex-wife Tyisha have been in court for months over her contentions that he owes back child support. In fact, while Allure’s comments that her dad was there for her financially actually contradict his ex-wife’s claims, her statements about him being absentee sound similar to her mom’s!
With all that in mind, Bossip did a bit more digging and found court documents that show not only are the absentee claims not true but Mitchell was in court for YEARS fighting to see his kids!
This court transcript from November 2012 is public record and describes a proceeding where Kel appeared in front of a judge in hopes of getting his kids to see a therapist and to get an order that they not be influenced by their mother when going to attend reunification therapy. His ex-wife did not show up for the court date.

Source: The Superior Court of California / Los Angeles County

Source: The Superior Court of California / Los Angeles County
As you can see from the transcript, the Judge voices how upset she was with Kel Mitchell’s ex Tyisha for continually not showing up to the court and not cooperating with visitation.

Source: The Superior Court of California / Los Angeles County

Source: The Superior Court of California / Los Angeles County

Source: The Superior Court of California / Los Angeles County

Source: The Superior Court of California / Los Angeles County
The document also shows Kel Mitchell’s attorney explaining how the therapist that was hired to help with visitation says that Tyisha coaches “works on the kids” before the sessions. The Judge then asks him about seeing the kids and is shocked that it has been six years because of their mother.
Kel made a video in 2013 talking about how desperate he was to see his children, and he even talks about that same reunification therapy appointment that was mentioned in the court hearing (starting around the 8 minute mark).
We also wanted to share a more recent court order from the ongoing court battles where the judge ruled in favor of Kel not having to pay child support because he had been alienated from his children.

Source: The Superior Court of California / Los Angeles County
Once Kel Mitchell was back in his kids’ lives, he continued to spend time with them! He did a PART TWO of his video in 2015 thanking God for working everything out for him and his family.
We did a deep dive into Kel’s social media and found nearly 40 photos and videos of family memories from 2016 to last year which included Allure and her brother Lyric.
In one of the first photos, Kel poses with his daughter Allure and son Lyric for Christmas in 2016
Kel also posted video from Allure’s 15th birthday
Even after Kel got involved with his current wife, Asia, Allure and Lyric were incorporated into their quality time. If you check the comments under this post from the family’s day in the mall, you can see that Allure lefty a comment about having fun with Asia.
Hit the flip for more photos of Kel being very much present with his kids.
Here’s a snap of Allure with her dad on her birthday from 2017. She looks so much like him, right?
Kel also shared a photo from Allure’s high school homecoming in 2017.
Quality time wasn’t limited to special occasions, as this photo reveals.
Kel’s oldest kids were also present for Asia’s baby shower in 2017.
Allure even left a sweet comment on Kel’s wife’s Instagram photo from the baby shower before celebrating her pregnancy with her and Kel’s daughter Wisdom.
Allure and Lyric were also included at Wisdom’s baby dedication 2017 picture along with other family members.
More beautiful Mitchell family photos when you continue.
Kel and Allure posted up for a father/daughter photo at her Sweet Sixteen
This video captures a family mini-golf outing. Super sweet right?
Another video showed the kids having fun at the batting cages.
These photos of Allure holding Wisdom are super precious.
Proud dad Kel was present for Allure’s Junior Prom in 2018 — she even thanked him in the comments of his post about the special day.
Kel documented Allure driving to get her license. Learning to drive from dad is such a great rite of passage for both father and child.
We shared a lot of Allure’s milestones, so it’s only right to include some for Lyric as well, like this video from his 18th Birthday in 2017.
Kel shared a lot of great moments with his kids spending time together.
This video of him and Allure at a Daddy/Daughter dance is really fun to watch:
Just like Junior Prom, Kel made sure to be there for Allure’s Senior Prom as well.
Dad was there for Allure’s Christian service award as well as her graduation
Kel also shared a ton of photos from his own milestones, like this Good Burger pop-up where he and Asia posed with the kids for family picture.
More memories when you hit the flip.
Allure was on set with Kel Mitchell at ‘All That’ when she got to meet Tyga in 2019
Even when Kel was preparing for “Dancing with the Stars,” he made time to drop Allure off at college!
This photo of Allure from her 19th birthday is STUNNING!
Her 20th was super cute too!
This last video is from May 2022 and features Allure and her boyfriend reading a bedtime story and devotional with Wisdom.
That’s an awful lot of images for someone accused of not spending time with their kids. We hope that Allure and Kel are able to work out whatever is going on. Most fathers worst nightmare is to be kept away from their kids, and that certainly seems to have been the case for Kel when divorce alienated him from his kids for years, but it also seems like he’s done everything in his power to spend time with them once he was allowed.
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