On Aug. 1, the Mama June: Household Disaster star filed for divorce from her husband of six years, Josh Efird, claiming that their marriage is “irretrievably damaged.” The previous couple, who share 4 kids—Ella, 6, Bentley, 3, and 2-year-old twins Sylus and Stella—have apparently been in a “bona fide state of separation” since July, based on Lauryn and the settlement settlement.
The pair have agreed to share joint authorized and bodily custody, based on court docket paperwork. In addition they have a parenting plan in place inside the settlement settlement and have every waived the appropriate to request baby assist.
Josh, 28, has been given 60 days to take away his belongings from the household’s shared dwelling in Georgia, as Lauryn, 24, will likely be taking on the property herself, per the paperwork.
Pumpkin and Josh tied the knot in 2018, almost six months after welcoming their first baby collectively.
“They are saying [babies] change issues, however actually I feel a child is perhaps what we wanted in our relationship,” she advised Us Weekly in 2018. “We’ve grow to be nearer than some other time. We each assist one another out. It’s prefer it’s a group factor now.”
Lauryn has usually praised her husband’s expertise as a father on social media. Whereas she has posted much less this 12 months, in a June 2022 Instagram submit, she referred to as Josh the “BEST father I’ve identified.”
“All my life I prayed God would ship me somebody I may have a household with and love endlessly and he despatched me you. Thanks for being the perfect father to all of our infants together with Alana,” she wrote within the caption, referring to her youthful sister, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson.
“You’ve by no means failed to point out up and present the children what an actual man is. I’ll endlessly be grateful for you. Me and the children love you so very a lot. ❤️❤️❤️.”
Each Josh and Pumpkin have been trustworthy about their ups and downs all through their relationship, together with the toll Pumpkin’s mother, 44-year-old Mama June Shannon, has had on them, particularly when she made headlines.
“During the last couple of years,” she shared in a 2022 episode of Mama June: Street to Redemption, “Mama has been a whole lot of me and Josh’s marriage issues.”
However as they shared on the time, they have been attempting their greatest to maneuver ahead and stay a united entrance, with Pumpkin noting, “We’re attempting to place our marriage as the highest precedence.”
Mama June shares daughters Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell and Jessica Shannon with ex David Dunn, Lauryn with ex Michael Anthony Ford, and Alana with ex Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson.
Nevertheless, it has been a tough 12 months for his or her household as they grappled with the loss of life of Anna in December. She was recognized with stage 4 adrenal carcinoma final 12 months and died months later on the age of 29.