NgoLwesibini, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yeLos Angeles forbad i-nick lobed ukuba isebenzise imibungu ye-qadi, eyayidala kunye ne-Sofia Vergara, ngaphandle kwemvume yomdlali weqonga. Kwaye ukubajonga ukuba uSofia sele kubudlelwane kunye nokunye kwaye akafuni ukuba neendlalifa ukusuka kuNick, akanakwenzeka ukuba afumane imvume yakhe.
Khumbula, ibali laqala ngo-2013, xa i-Lob kunye ne-vergara yayibubudlelwane. Esi sibini sidlulisela inkqubo yokuqhekeka okwenziwayo kunye ne-rublen ye-embryos yayo, kodwa kungekudala wahlukana. U-Nick kulindeleke ukuba ayisebenzise ngempahla yeSofia ukuze ahlukane nabanye ngokuzimela, kodwa i-vergara yayichasene noko. Ke ityala laqala phakathi kwabo.
U-Loeb wavuma ukuba ukungasebenzisi imbungu ilingana nentshabalalo yabo. I-Vergara yathi ayinabantwana abanabantwana bangaphambili ngokwenkcazo: "Umntwana ufuna abazali bakhe ukuba bathandane, kwaye bengakuthiyile. Ungatsho ukuba ndikuthiyile uNick, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo sineengxaki. Kutheni le nto ibeleke abantwana kwiimeko xa yonke into ayichanekanga? Kukuzingca kakhulu. "
Mhlawumbi, umbungu kaNick kunye neSofia iya kuhlala iqhwa njengento efunwayo. Ngoku kunobudlelwane noJoe Mangannello, akukho bantwana abavela kwisibini. Kodwa uSofia unonyana oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala uManolo kumtshato wokuqala noJoe Gonzalez.