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 youngsters—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 courtroom paperwork. In addition they have a parenting plan in place inside the settlement settlement and have every waived the proper to request baby help.
Josh, 28, has been given 60 days to take away his belongings from the household’s shared residence in Georgia, as Lauryn, 24, might be taking on the property herself, per the paperwork.
Pumpkin and Josh tied the knot in 2018, practically six months after welcoming their first baby collectively.
“They are saying [babies] change issues, however truthfully I believe a child is possibly what we wanted in our relationship,” she instructed Us Weekly in 2018. “We’ve turn into nearer than every other time. We each assist one another out. It’s prefer it’s a workforce factor now.”
Lauryn has typically praised her husband’s expertise as a father on social media. Whereas she has posted much less this yr, in a June 2022 Instagram submit, she known as Josh the “BEST father I’ve recognized.”
“All my life I prayed God would ship me somebody I might have a household with and love eternally 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 youngsters what an actual man is. I’ll eternally be pleased about you. Me and the youngsters 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 quite a lot of me and Josh’s marriage issues.”
However as they shared on the time, they have been attempting their finest 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 troublesome yr for his or her household as they grappled with the death of Anna in December. She was recognized with stage 4 adrenal carcinoma final yr and died months later on the age of 29.
