The custody battle between Halle Berry and her baby daddy Gabriel Aubry is heating up, with Gabriel recently exploring his legal options, RadarOnline.com learned exclusively.

Halle is scheduled to spend three months shooting a movie in South Africa and that triggered Gabriel to consider his legal options to fight for permanent custody of their daughter Nahla, a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com exclusively.

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RadarOnline.com broke the story that Halle and Gabriel secretly split months ago and had been to a lawyer to work out financial and custody issues. They have joint custody but in the past few weeks it has been difficult for Gabriel to spend time with Nahla, the source said.

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