Chris and Malaak began divorce proceedings. We’re told Chris maintained his relationship with his 2 biological daughters but hasn’t seen Ntombi since the split.

Around the same time as divorce docs were filed, South African officials opened an investigation to determine how the child went from their country to the U.S., when there was no evidence of a legal adoption.

As for why he went radio silent with Ntombi … sources connected to Chris say he never signed legal docs to adopt her, and bringing her over to the U.S. was all Malaak’s doing.

As far as we can tell there was never an adoption. It’s unclear how and why the biological parents allowed Ntombi to live with the Rock family for years.
Chris’ rep tells TMZ he does not have an adopted child. We tried reaching Malaak’s lawyer, but did not get a return call.

If these allegations are true, this is a really touchy situation. On one hand, Chris probably really loves the little girl because it seems he bonded with her as if she was his own for the first 7 years of her life. On the other hand, as he and Malaak are battling it out over how large of a chunk of his $70 mil’ she’s going to stack up, he could be trying to make sure he keeps as much of it in his bank account as he can and one of the ways he could be doing so is by temporarily having to downplay his relationship with his “adopted” daughter, so that it can’t be used for further financial gain on Malaak’s end in court.

Throughout it all, the 7 year old daughter suffers and it’s really sad. Both parents are in a tough situation right now and just like any other divorce where there are young children involved and assets to divide, it is usually not an easy process for the child, nor parents. In Rock’s case, the money makes the situation all that more difficult.

Hopefully they can reach a common ground some way, some how for the sake of their children.

ILOSM family, do you think Chris Rock is wrong for this, or handling it the best way he can right now?