Dwyane Wade expects to be away from the Miami Heat at times during the preseason because the case that will decide custody of his two sons is taking much longer than originally planned. Wade is scheduled to testify in a Chicago courtroom on Oct. 6, one day after Miami's preseason opener at home against the Detroit Pistons. Wade plans to play in that game.
Wade hoped the case regarding his sons, ages 8 and 3, would be complete by the third week of September. But the case has been delayed at times, and some elements of it - his ex-wife spent a week on the witness stand alone - took much longer than anticipated.Dwyane Wade was awarded "physical possession" of his sons in June by another judge in Chicago, who found that an emergency order was merited because Wade's time for visitation with his children "has been frustrated on an ongoing basis as a result of continual interference" by his now ex-wife.
Their divorce was finalized in June, although both custody and financial matters remain undecided. Wade also settled four civil suits stemming from failed business dealings in a Miami court this offseason.