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Jenelle Evans Details Custody Battle for Son From Mom Barbara
Jenelle Evans is taking a large measurement successful her parenthood journey.
On March 19, the erstwhile Teen Mom 2 star confirmed she was awarded custody of 13-year-old Jace, who she shares with ex Andrew Lewis, after much than a decennary of her mom Barbara Evans being successful complaint of his care.
"ITS OFFICIAL!" Jenelle wrote connected TikTok. "Thanks everyone for the support! Words can't picture however blessed I genuinely am. Our household is implicit now! Thank you mom."
So, what caused the alteration of custody? Jenelle—who besides shares Kaiser, 8, with ex Nathan Griffith and Ensley, 6, with hubby David Eason—said she's rebuilding a much affirmative narration with Barbara aft years of custody drama and fighting.
"My ma and I decided unneurotic to assistance afloat custody backmost to maine due to the fact that we privation to physique our narration backmost arsenic parent and daughter," Jenelle, told Us Weekly March 18. "Also, my parent agrees it's clip for Jace to beryllium backmost with his siblings and surviving with a parent and father."
According to Jenelle, Barbara "thinks it's important for Jace to beryllium astir a begetter fig to larn ‘boy things' and person ‘men talk.' She has seen the mode David parents my children and she knows we're capable to grip it."
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While Jenelle and David person had their ups and downs since getting married successful September 2017, her manager assured fans they are successful a bully place.
"Jenelle and David are decidedly unneurotic and things betwixt them are great," August Keen told Us. "They're a blessed household and they are wholly fine."
For 9 years, Jenelle documented her household beingness connected MTV's 16 and Pregnant and its spinoff Teen Mom 2. While she parted ways with the franchise successful 2019, the 31-year-old updated fans connected her custody conflict with Barbara.
"If we extremity up going to trial, I'm going to inquire for afloat [custody] completely," Jenelle told E! News successful May 2022. "I'm inactive trying to enactment it retired civilly."
Now, Jenelle's wishes look to beryllium a world arsenic she moves guardant with a stronger relationship.
"We privation to each get on for the involvement of the children and similar I said before, gathering backmost our narration arsenic parent and daughter," Jenelle told Us. "We person officially signed the papers connected Thursday, March 16 astatine the courthouse, it's a done deal!"
E! News has reached retired to Jenelle and Barbara for remark connected the custody updates and hasn't heard back.
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