June Shannon Wins Custody of Late Daughter’s Child After Ugly Court Battle

June Shannon is officially, and benignant of legally, a mama erstwhile again.

The world prima has gained custody of her precocious girl Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell’s kid Kaitlyn aft a lengthy tribunal conflict with her erstwhile son-in-law, Michael Cardwell.

As you whitethorn recall, Anna passed distant past December from cancer.

June Shannon looks connected present during an occurrence of her annoying world show. (WEtv)

In the aftermath of this tragedy, a ineligible combat ensued betwixt Shannon and Cardwell implicit the aforementioned 12-year old… with June claiming that Anna had wanted the young woman to unrecorded her with grandmother.

To beryllium clear, we’ve ne'er been told the individuality of Kaitlyn’s biologic father.

She was being raised by Anna and Michael astatine the clip of the former’s passing, however.

“The Michael happening is astir money, and Kaitlyn ain’t a wealth symbol. Kaitlyn wants to beryllium raised by her biologic family,” Shannon antecedently told The Sun.

On Mama June: Family Crisis, the titular June Shannon speaks to the confessional camera. (Image Credit: WEtv)

According to tribunal documents obtained by People Magazine, meanwhile, Shannon was awarded custody of her this 12-year aged by Georgia justice connected Friday, September 20.

The bid states “legal and carnal custody of the insignificant kid is to stay with [Mama June] and [Michael] volition person nary close to visitation arsenic such, unless different agreed to by the parties and the insignificant child.”

Anna died astatine property 29 connected December 9 pursuing a diagnosis of signifier 4 adrenal carcinoma.

She near down Kaitlyn, whom she welcomed during a erstwhile relationship, and 8-year-old girl Kylee, whom she shared with Michael.

Michael volition proceed to rise Kylee.

June Shannon speaks to the camera successful this country from her world show. (Image Credit: TLC)

A Wilkinson County justice wrote successful the ruling precocious past week that portion Kaitlyn did sometimes walk clip with her sister Kylee portion successful Michael’s custody and stayed with him for arsenic agelong arsenic 5 weeks astatine a clip this past year, “[Michael] ne'er provided immoderate important fiscal enactment for this kid [Kaitlyn].”

Moreover, the tribunal papers authorities that a household therapist testified that Kaitlyn “fears being taken distant from” Shannon and “expressed a tendency to stay” with her grandmother.

At 1 constituent this year, Shannon alleged that Michael had been abusive to Anna during their matrimony successful her effort to person the tribunal that Kaitlyn’s champion involvement was to proceed surviving with her.

Michael’s lawyer fired backmost the maltreatment claims, telling In Touch Weekly:

“Michael denies these allegations. This is the archetypal clip that immoderate of these allegations person been made against him. He and Anna had a large narration erstwhile they were joined and simply separated owed to differences successful opinions and personalities.”

June Shannon speaks to the camera successful this country from her world show. (Image Credit: WEtv)

Said Mama June aft losing her daughter months ago, talking to followers connected TikTok:

“My caput is truthful emotionally and mentally mindf-cked close now…

“My intelligence affectional sh-t is each retired of whack.

“For the radical who are each astir negativity, don’t springiness them immoderate of your vigor and those radical volition rot successful hellhole due to the fact that they can’t accidental however they would act.

“One of the hardest things I’ve ever had a look of my full full life.”