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Levi Johnston Considering Full Custody of Son

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080712 BristolPalin?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1344359457850ABC/RICK ROWELL(LOS ANGELES) — Dismayed by a reality-TV show featuring his ex-fiancee, Bristol Palin, and their son, Tripp, Levi Johnston plans to seek full custody of the boy.

In a statement to ABC News, Johnston wrote, “I want full or half custody of Tripp. His room is already set up in my house and just waiting for him.”

Palin, 21, and 3-year-old Tripp are featured on the Lifetime show, Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp.  Johnston says the show is proof that his ex is a terrible parent and his son is “on a downward spiral,” the gossip website TMZ reported.

TMZ reported that Johnston, 22, is so “disgusted” by his son’s language and behavior that he obtained the required court papers to file the custody petition.

“I love my son more than anything … and I will do whatever it takes to make sure he is raised the right way,” Johnston reportedly told TMZ.

Johnston was Palin’s high school boyfriend. The pair have been engaged twice but are no longer a couple. Under the terms of their child-custody agreement, Palin has primary custody and Johnston may visit Tripp. The agreement prohibits either parent from publicly disparaging the other.

Palin is the daughter of former Alaska governor and one-time Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The disclosure during her mother’s 2008 campaign that Bristol Palin, then 17, was pregnant created sweeping controversy.

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