‘Teen Mother 2’ Alum Jenelle Evans Granted Custody of Son Jace, 13, Years After Giving Custody to Mother Barbara Evans

A serious change. Teen Mother 2 alum Jenelle Evans was awarded custody of son Jace, 13, after greater than a decade of her mother, Barbara Evans, being answerable for her eldest son’s care.

“My mother and I made a decision collectively to grant full custody again to me as a result of we need to construct our relationship again as mom and daughter,” Jenelle, 31, solely informed Us Weekly in a press release on Saturday, March 18.

The previous MTV persona shares Jace with ex Andrew Lewis. Jace will stay together with his mom and her husband, David Eason.

“Additionally, my mom agrees it’s time for Jace to be again together with his siblings and residing with a mom and father,” Jenelle continued. “She additionally thinks it’s essential for Jace to be round a father determine to study ‘boy issues’ and have ‘males discuss.’ She has seen the best way David dad and mom my youngsters and he or she is aware of we’re capable of deal with it. We need to all get alongside for the sake of the youngsters and like I mentioned earlier than, constructing again our relationship as mom and daughter. We’ve got formally signed the papers on Thursday, March sixteenth on the courthouse, it’s a performed deal!”

The truth TV star is in a steady relationship with Eason, her supervisor mentioned. “Jenelle and David are undoubtedly collectively and issues between them are nice. They’re a cheerful household and they’re fully high quality,” August Eager informed Us in an unique assertion on Saturday.

Quickly after Jace’s September 2009 delivery, the North Carolina native — then 17 — gave authorized custody of her eldest little one to her mother.

MTV viewers watched as Jenelle and Barbara fought over Jace for years whereas the Teen Mother 2 cameras rolled, with Barbara steadily complaining that her daughter didn’t do sufficient to look after him and Jenelle accusing her mother of not permitting her to guardian him. All through the drama, the Learn Between the Strains writer’s substance abuse and rocky romantic relationships solely precipitated extra rigidity between her and her mother — and impacted her relationship with Jace.

In 2017, the YouTube persona — who can be mother of son Kaiser, 8, whom she shares with ex Nathan Griffith, and daughter Ensley, 6, whom she shares with Eason — seemed to be at a steady place in her life. She and Eason had bought property, lately grew to become dad and mom to Ensley and have been about to get married. Barbara, nevertheless, wasn’t invited as a result of she didn’t really feel snug giving Jenelle custody of Jace.

“I can’t forgive somebody that’s simply not going to present me again my son, so, and it’s nonetheless occurring. It hasn’t been resolved,” the previous MTV persona defined to Us on the time. “And if I had custody of him now perhaps I might have invited her, however I’m not in the intervening time.”

Two years later, extra drama rocked the Eason dwelling when Jenelle’s husband shot and killed their household canine, Nugget, after he bit Ensley. After the Might 2019 incident, Jenelle and David quickly misplaced custody of their youngsters. Their custody was reinstated two months later.

“I’m ecstatic to regain custody of my children,” Jenelle solely informed Us on the time. “All through this lengthy course of and remaining determination, I’m excited to be shifting ahead and persevering with to indicate America I’m an excellent guardian.”

Two years later, Jenelle defined that Jace was residing along with her and Eason extra typically amid the coronavirus pandemic as a result of the teenager’s conduct “wasn’t one of the best at my mother’s home,” she revealed in a YouTube video on the time.

“We gave him many, many, many probabilities, and informed him he higher behave, and my mother simply — she was fed up,” the OnlyFans content material creator shared. “And he or she known as me and he or she mentioned, ‘Yeah, that’s it, he’s misbehaving once more. I don’t know the way he’s going to do his schoolwork and cross if he retains it up.’”

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With reporting by Sarah Jones