Oh no… Things simply obtained messy for the Honey Boo Boo household. We have been afraid of this.
On Monday, The US Sun reported the late Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell‘s ex-husband has filed a custody lawsuit in opposition to her mom, Mama June Shannon.
Michael Cardwell is the organic father of 8-year-old Kylee, and after Chickadee’s passing he was granted custody of his personal youngster. Makes sense. However, Mama June obtained custody of Chickadee’s eldest daughter Kaitlyn — and now Michael is suing to get Kaitlyn, too. And no, he’s not the 11-year-old’s bio dad.
OMG.
In court docket paperwork obtained by the outlet, which have been filed on Sunday, Michael argued he has “fully and completely undertaken a permanent, unequivocal, committed, and responsible parental role” in Kaitlyn’s life, and has “engaged in consistent caretaking of the child and established a bonded and dependent relationship with the child.” He says this bond was inspired by Anna, from whom he break up again in 2017.
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He argued that whereas they might have been separated for over six years now, he continued an “independent relationship with” Kaitlyn, “which was fostered and supported by a parent of the child.” That’s along with his shared custody of her little sister Kylee. The court docket docs continued:
“Both petitioner and parent understood, acknowledged, accepted and behaved as though the petitioner is a parent of the child and accepted full and permanent responsibilities as a parent of the child without expectation of financial compensation.”
Michael additional claimed he’s been paying for Kaitlyn’s education, whereas her alleged organic father Caleb Clark — whose paternity he says has by no means been confirmed by a DNA take a look at — hasn’t ever supported the mother-daughter duo, and subsequently has no authorized custody rights over the kid.
Of course, it isn’t Clark who has custody now. It’s Mama June. In his submitting, Michael argues Anna and Mama June’s relationship has been strained all through the years, alleging within the submitting:
“Anna has been raised by her maternal grandmother in Griffin, Georgia since she was approximately eight years old and only returned to the home of June Shannon when she was 17. Anna has had a very sordid relationship with her mother throughout her life and went various periods of time without speaking to her. Likewise, June’s presence in the minor child’s life has been inconsistent.”
Well… we do know plenty of that’s correct. Anna and June have had a strained relationship the previous few years.
Michael added that, as her child sister’s dad, he’s been a mainstay in Kaitlyn’s life since earlier than she was even a 12 months previous:
“Petitioner has been a stable and consistent part of the minor child’s life since she was eight months old and has continued to do so even after years from his divorce from Anna. Petitioner is the only living person that has shown a constant and continuous interest in the child’s minor child’s well-being, and being in the custody of the petitioner will be in the child’s best interest”
This is a few severe stuff! We simply hope it doesn’t trigger an excessive amount of of a destructive impact on the ladies… They’re already going by a lot.
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