Kerry Katona is allowing husband Mark Croft to see his two children for the first time in six weeks but will not let him set foot inside her new mansion.
The warring couples children Heidi, three, and Max, two will be delivered to Mark at a hotel near Kerry's seven-bedroom rented home in Surrey next Saturday for a two-day, court-approved visit.
But she has told Warrington-based cabbie Mark, 38, that he is not welcome at her new home and must spend the weekend with them in a family hotel room. A pal said: "Kerry is letting Mark see the children but she wont let him near the house. She thinks hell try to stitch her up so he can get custody of the kids."
Mark is said to be furious at being forced to spend time with them in such a false environment and is understood to be considering going for full custody.
He claims Kerry's life is chaotic and the children spend more time with their nanny than with their mum.
A friend of Marks said: "Now Kerry's down in Sussex, its a 500-mile round trip and hell have to spend the whole weekend with them in a hotel room. Its getting really nasty."
Mark has even been in touch with Kerry's ex-{husband Brian McFadden dad to her eldest two children,Molly, eight, and Lilly-Sue, seven and told him he should try to take them away from her.
Last week the Sunday Mirror told how broke Kerry has had to call in the Child Support Agency to force Mark to pay child maintenance.
He claims he is penniless, but he is running a lucrative fruit machine firm and has been seen with his on-off girlfriend Sharon Thorpe in a flash Audi.
Kerry is trying to mastermind a comeback after losing her Iceland TV ad deal when caught snorting cocaine.
Kerry and Mark split last month after he wrongly accused her of having an affair with her personal trainer.
Mark, on a stag night with pals in Newcastle last night, said: "Kerry and me are talking through our solicitors. She's dead to me."