Robert Sugden and Aaron Dingle face bitter court battle

Emmerdale spoilers: Robert Sugden and Aaron Dingle face bitter court battle

In his desperation to keep baby Seb in the family home, Aaron Dingle has made a potentially costly mistake that could end in a courtroom showdown in Emmerdale. Realising that he had gone about things the wrong way by letting Rebecca White leave with Seb before Aaron could say goodbye, Robert Sugden arranged for his son to stay the night.

As Aaron played happily with Seb, Liv Flaherty questioned why he couldn’t stay longer and with his sister having pointed out that Seb would choose to stay if he could, Aaron was given food for thought.

As Robert helped Liv revise for her exam and took her to school, Aaron volunteered to drive Seb back to Rebecca and Ross. But he stopped on the way and realised that he couldn’t do it.
Robert was shocked when he got a phone call from Rebecca saying that Aaron was yet to turn up and when Aaron admitted to him that he hadn’t taken Seb back, Robert talked some sense into him.

Robert eventually took Seb back to his mum but having been left knocked by the experience, it’s clear that she is dubious about letting Seb stay again. As Robert voiced his fears to Aaron that they could lose visiting rights as his actions have made things look bad, they were left wondering if they’d end up having to fight Rebecca in court after all.
It remains to be seen whether Rebecca will calm down in the cold light of day but being forced to say goodbye to Seb has really hit things home for Aaron – he wants that family unit with Robert and Liv.

But when he then puts the idea to Robert that they have a child of their own through surrogacy, it is met with a lukewarm reception. Can they reach a compromise?