What Happened at Hayden Panettiere's Daughter's Court Hearing?

A probate court granted Wladimir Klitschko temporary guardianship of Hayden Panettiere's estate during a hearing Thursday, after the couple's 11-year-old daughter, Kaya, appeared remotely to confirm her identity, Page Six reported, citing People's coverage of the proceeding.

What happened at the Oct. 8 hearing?

Kaya, wearing a white T-shirt, appeared on camera alongside her father to confirm her identity to the judge, according to Page Six's account of the People report. The outlet described her as "soft-spoken and composed" during the brief appearance. The hearing centered on who should control the estate of Panettiere, the "Heroes" and "Nashville" actress identified in court filings as the late star whose assets are at issue. At the close of the hearing, the judge granted Klitschko temporary guardianship of the estate, Page Six reported.

Why was Wladimir Klitschko granted guardianship?

Klitschko, 50, argued in court documents filed last month that Kaya "is entitled to the entirety" of her mother's assets, and that it was "urgent and essential" for him to be appointed guardian so he could "receive, manage and hold" those assets on her behalf, according to filings obtained by Page Six. Kaya lives with Klitschko in Ukraine, the outlet reported. The former professional boxer and Panettiere began dating in 2009 and welcomed Kaya in 2014, per Page Six.

What does Klitschko allege about pawned belongings?

Separately, Klitschko's attorney asked the court for authority to request a law enforcement investigation into the "recovery of property believed to be misappropriated" by someone outside the family, Page Six reported, citing People. The request follows court documents Klitschko filed Tuesday — two days before the hearing — asking for a police investigation into his claim that Panettiere's belongings, including jewelry, were pawned after her death, according to filings obtained by TMZ and cited by Page Six.

In those filings, Klitschko wrote that he believes "a non-family member previously connected to" the actress pawned some of her possessions. He claimed the pawn shop holding the items declined to release details about them unless contacted directly by law enforcement, and said he feared the items would otherwise be sold to third parties before any investigation could proceed, per the documents cited by Page Six.

What happens next in the investigation?

The scope of any law enforcement inquiry remains unclear. Page Six's report does not specify which police agency might take up the matter, what items beyond jewelry are in question, or whether the pawn shop has been formally contacted since Klitschko's Tuesday filing. The temporary nature of Thursday's guardianship ruling also leaves open whether a more permanent arrangement will follow, and on what timeline — details not addressed in the available court reporting.

Who are Kaya's parents?

Panettiere, best known for her roles in "Heroes" and "Nashville," and Klitschko were together from 2009 and had Kaya in 2014, according to Page Six. The outlet's report refers to Panettiere throughout as "the late actress" and "the late star," without additional detail on the circumstances of her death in the material reviewed. Klitschko has described himself in court filings as Panettiere's ex-fiancé, and the current estate proceedings center on his role as a guardian for their daughter's inheritance rather than on any dispute over custody.

For now, the publicly available record consists of two linked legal actions: the guardianship hearing that concluded Thursday with a temporary order in Klitschko's favor, and the separate request, filed two days earlier, seeking law enforcement help in tracing property Klitschko alleges was pawned without the family's consent. Page Six's report, drawing on documents reviewed by People and TMZ, is the primary public account of both filings as of Thursday.

How is the reporting on this case being sourced?

Page Six's account draws on two outlets' direct access to court material: People, which it cites for Thursday's hearing details, and TMZ, which it cites for the Tuesday filing on the pawned items, according to the report. Page Six attributes each factual claim — Kaya's appearance, the temporary guardianship order, and the police-investigation request — to one of those two outlets rather than to court documents it reviewed independently for every detail. The byline on the Page Six story is Antoinette Bueno, published Oct. 8, 2026. No competing or corroborating account from a separate outlet appears in the material reviewed, and the court file itself was not independently examined for this report.