June Shannon is formally, and form of legally, a mama as soon as once more.
The fact star has gained custody of her late daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell’s little one Kaitlyn after a prolonged court docket battle along with her former son-in-law, Michael Cardwell.
As you might recall, Anna handed away final December from most cancers.
Within the wake of this tragedy, a authorized combat ensued between Shannon and Cardwell over the aforementioned 12-year outdated… with June claiming that Anna had wished the younger lady to stay her with grandmother.
To be clear, we’ve by no means been instructed the id of Kaitlyn’s organic father.
She was being raised by Anna and Michael on the time of the previous’s passing, nonetheless.
“The Michael factor is about cash, and Kaitlyn ain’t a cash image. Kaitlyn needs to be raised by her organic household,” Shannon beforehand instructed The Solar.
In keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by Folks Journal, in the meantime, Shannon was awarded custody of her this 12-year outdated by Georgia decide on Friday, September 20.
The order states “authorized and bodily custody of the minor little one is to stay with [Mama June] and [Michael] can have no proper to visitation as such, until in any other case agreed to by the events and the minor little one.”
Anna died at age 29 on December 9 following a prognosis of stage 4 adrenal carcinoma.
She left behind Kaitlyn, whom she welcomed throughout a earlier relationship, and 8-year-old daughter Kylee, whom she shared with Michael.
Michael will proceed to lift Kylee.
A Wilkinson County decide wrote within the ruling late final week that whereas Kaitlyn did generally spend time along with her sister Kylee whereas in Michael’s custody and stayed with him for so long as 5 weeks at a time this previous 12 months, “[Michael] by no means offered any vital monetary help for this little one [Kaitlyn].”
Furthermore, the court docket papers state {that a} household therapist testified that Kaitlyn “fears being taken away from” Shannon and “expressed a want to remain” along with her grandmother.
At one level this 12 months, Shannon alleged that Michael had been abusive to Anna throughout their marriage in her try and persuade the court docket that Kaitlyn’s greatest curiosity was to proceed residing along with her.
Michael’s lawyer fired again the abuse claims, telling In Contact Weekly:
“Michael denies these allegations. That is the primary time that any of those allegations have been made towards him. He and Anna had an amazing relationship once they had been married and easily separated as a consequence of variations in opinions and personalities.”
Stated Mama June after dropping her daughter months in the past, speaking to followers on TikTok:
“My thoughts is so emotionally and mentally mindf-cked proper now…
“My psychological emotional sh-t is all out of whack.
“For the people who find themselves all about negativity, don’t give them any of your vitality and people folks will rot in hell as a result of they will’t say how they’d act.
“One of many hardest issues I’ve ever had a face of my complete whole life.”
