The Actual Housewives of Orange County alum Meghan King is marking the festive season together with her kids after settling a custody dispute with ex-husband Jim Edmonds.
“Went to the vacation mart and solely spent cash on this,” King, 41, wrote by way of her Instagram Tales on Saturday, December 13, sharing a photograph of her three kids huddled round a claw machine recreation. “We’re a claw-loving clan!”
King shares daughter Aspen, 9, and sons Hart and Hayes, each 7, with ex-husband Edmonds, 55.
King and the previous baseball star have been married from 2014 to 2019, in the end agreeing to share custody of their children upon their divorce. Us Weekly broke the information in November that King was stripped of her bodily custody rights and granted supervised visitation as an alternative.
A supply informed Us on the time that the custody resolution stemmed from a college worker calling Little one Protecting Companies on King, which triggered an investigation. A listening to into King’s rights was in the end canceled after the previous couple reached a deal.
“The custody listening to has been referred to as off,” Edmonds’ rep, Steve Honig, informed Us in an announcement earlier this month. “Either side have reached an settlement that’s in the most effective pursuits of the kids.”
A second insider revealed to Us that Aspen, Hayes and Hart will stay with Edmonds full-time in Tennessee, and stick with King for just a few weeks each summer season.
Neither King nor Jim, who’s now married to Kortnie Edmonds, have publicly addressed the custody dispute. The now-exes’ former RHOC costars, in the meantime, have supplied their help.
“Meghan and I are mates, and I’ll stand by her and help her,” Alexis Bellino informed Us in December. “All I can say is that I do know that it’s very tough, and I simply adore her and it’s not simple. I don’t consider every little thing I learn. I might converse to her earlier than I may touch upon something additional.”
Kelly Dodd, in the meantime, wrote by way of TikTok that she was praying King “will get her infants again.”
“Everybody, simply pray for Meghan and her household,” Dodd, 50, wrote. “These boys and that daughter want their mother. They want their mom, and it’s horrible what’s going on proper now.”
King had lengthy been candid about her coparenting dynamics with Jim, final telling Us in March 2024 that that they had “come a great distance.”
“Issues are good,” King completely informed Us in March 2024, noting the exes have been “splitting” custody of their kids. “I gave my children Apple IDs, which you are able to do, by the best way. You may nonetheless be [their] mother they usually can have an Apple ID that’s completely restricted. It’s been smoother crusing, however I feel it’s additionally as a result of they’re older. Life levels change conditions. We nonetheless have methods to go, however I’m assured that we’ll get there.”
Love conquers all? Not a lot. Meghan King and Jim Edmonds confronted dishonest allegations, fertility struggles and Bravo cameras earlier than their marriage fell aside in 2019. The previous couple tied the knot in 2014. Shortly after their nuptials, King, who’s 14 years youthful than Edmonds, joined the forged of Actual Housewives of Orange County. The couple […]
King additionally gave Us an replace into her relationship with Kortnie on the time.
“I imply, we’re not going out for joyful hour, however I view [Kortnie] as a constructive affect in my kids’s lives,” King informed Us final yr, revealing the place she stands together with her kids’s stepmother. “I’m grateful for that. … It’s just for the sake of the children. It’s not, like, I’m attempting to be besties with anyone. I feel there’s a giant distinction between friendship and allyship.”
She continued, “You may be aligned in the identical function and aim, and also you don’t even have to love the particular person, but it surely’s nearly stronger than a friendship. You might be each in the identical boat and completely targeted on the identical common consequence.”
Jim additionally has 4 older kids from earlier marriages.
