Kehlani's ex-partner Javaughn Young-White has filed a petition to gain legal and physical custody of their five-year-old daughter, Adeya.
He is also requesting child support.
Young-White claims the Nights Like This singer is in what he describes as a cult.
In court documents filed in Los Angeles and obtained by Billboard, the guitarist alleges, "Everyone else has bigger say-so when it comes to the upbringing of our daughter than I do."
According to the filing, Kehlani - whose full name is Kehlani Parrish - allegedly "has been involved in this cult for the past few years and it appears that this cult controls her actions and her behaviour, including when it comes to the upbringing of our daughter".
Per the documents, Young-White claims he has attempted to retrieve his daughter in the past, but was allegedly "physically restrained and threatened" by members of the cult.
"While Respondent is on tour, and our daughter is in the care of her fellow cult members, Adeya sleeps in the bed with, and is given baths by random adult members of the cult," he alleges.
Young-White concluded by requesting that Kehlani take a psychological exam, that his name be added to Adeya's birth certificate and that Adeya's name be changed officially from Adeya Parrish to Adeya Parrish Young-White.
He says that because Adeya, who arrived in March 2019, was "born in a home and not in a conventional setting like a hospital", his name is not on the birth certificate.
Kehlani has not yet publicly responded to the allegations.
