Mama June Shannon‘s nest simply received slightly larger.
The Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo alum was awarded non permanent custody of her 11-year-old granddaughter Kaitlyn following the death of June’s daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell, in line with multiple outlets.
June, 44, filed a petition in Georgia for a change in youngster custody and “for emergency ex parte reduction,” which means underneath emergency circumstances. She mentioned Kaitlyn moved in along with her a month earlier than Anna died of most cancers in December and that she’s been caring for the tween since.
Anna by no means publicly shared the id of Kaitlyn’s father, though she raised her with ex-husband Michael Cardwell—together with their daughter Kylee, 8—earlier than the couple’s 2017 cut up.
“If it wasn’t for her I’d [not] be a mom,” Anna wrote on Instagram in 2022. “She is the neatest and sassiest little woman I do know and I’m so happy with her.”
She went on to marry Eldridge Toney in March 2023, along with her youthful sister Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird serving as officiant on the non-public Georgia wedding ceremony.