Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos have agreed to negotiate custody privately after their canceled Lake Como wedding, with a court date still on standby for April 16.
About a month after their engagement unraveled and their Lake Como wedding was called off, Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos are trying to find common ground where it matters most, as parents.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 32, filed a Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship in Collin County, Texas on March 17, a legal step used by unmarried parents in Texas to formally establish custody, visitation rights, and decision-making responsibilities for their children. The petition named their 2 daughters: Margaret, 2, and Aurora, 10 months. Prescott’s filing specifically requested that both he and Ramos be appointed joint managing conservators, citing the best interest of their children as the driving factor.
Rather than immediately proceeding to a courtroom hearing, both sides have since agreed to attempt a resolution outside of court, according to Page Six. A hearing that had been scheduled for early April was postponed to give the former couple time to negotiate a temporary custody arrangement privately. If those talks do not produce an agreement, the matter will return to a judge on April 16.
Where things stand between them
Attorneys for both Prescott and Ramos described the current tone of the proceedings as cooperative. Ramos’s attorney expressed confidence that the process is heading in a positive direction, emphasizing that his client is satisfied with how things are unfolding. Prescott’s legal team echoed that sentiment, describing him as a dedicated father who is focused on building a healthy co-parenting relationship with Ramos.
Prescott’s team also noted that the case has not been fully resolved, and that the April 16 date remains in place as a fallback if private negotiations hit a wall.
How the relationship ended
Prescott and Ramos went public as a couple in September 2023 and got engaged in October 2024 at a golf course. By early 2026, they had planned a destination wedding for April 10 in Lake Como, Italy, with a guest list and travel arrangements already in place. The wedding was canceled roughly a month before the ceremony.
Guests received a message from the couple confirming the cancellation and apologizing for the disruption. A representative for Ramos said at the time that the 2 were heartbroken and that no single explosive moment had caused the split. Prescott’s attorney described the decision to call off the wedding as mutual and asked the public to stop speculating.
Reports since then have added complexity to that framing. Page Six reported that tensions had surfaced during a joint bachelor and bachelorette trip to the Bahamas, and that Ramos had reportedly given Prescott a monogamy ultimatum at some point earlier in the year. Ramos has publicly pushed back on at least 1 of the rumors circulating about the breakup, writing on social media that a prenuptial disagreement had nothing to do with the split. Prescott has made no public comment on the allegations.
Support from the sidelines
As the custody proceedings have drawn attention, so has the broader public conversation around Prescott’s character. Fox Sports broadcasters Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson addressed listener questions about why Prescott draws so much criticism despite being consistently praised by teammates and coaches. Thompson suggested that much of the negativity is rooted in how polarizing the Cowboys are as a franchise rather than anything specific to Prescott as a person.
Andrews, who has covered Prescott since he took over as Dallas’s starting quarterback in 2016, spoke warmly about him, pointing to his charitable efforts and the personal losses he has endured, including the deaths of his brother and his mother. Both broadcasters described him as someone whose public reputation does not fully reflect who he is off the field.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer when asked about checking in on how Dak Prescott has been doing: “Dak and I have had a ton of conversations. He’s in a really good spot. Obviously what he’s dealing with is incredibly tough. But if anyone can handle it, he can.”
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) March 30, 2026
Life as a co-parent
Ramos made her first public appearance since the split on social media shortly after the breakup became news, sharing photos of herself with Margaret and Aurora. The post carried no commentary about the relationship or the legal proceedings. It simply showed her with her daughters.
For both Prescott and Ramos, that image may be the clearest signal yet of where their priorities lie as the legal process works itself out.