Teen Mom Amber Portwood breaks silence after she loses custody of son James in battle with baby daddy Andrew Glennon
TEEN Mom Amber Portwood has spoken out after she lost custody of her four-year-old son James in her upsetting legal battle with her baby daddy Andrew Glennon.
Amber made a statement live on Instagram after the heartbreaking child custody case has closed saying she feels her mental illness was leveraged against her.
The 32-year-old Teen Mom went live on the social media platform Tuesday following the outcome of the case to address her followers.
According to , Amber said she was trying to stay positive and is planning to fight out the outcome.
She additionally argued she "should not be held accountable for mistakes from her past as long as she is working to better herself."
Amber has been openly vocal about her struggles with her diagnosed bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder.
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In the Teen Mom OG's live stream, she continued on to gush about her take on how her parenting relationship with her 13-year-old child Leah she shares with her ex Gary Shirley is going.
Amber also confessed her relationship with James has been well and that her son always tells her: "I love you."
HEARTBREAKING BATTLE
The heartbreaking custody fight between the split exes is over after an Indiana court ruled in Andrew's favor and will allow him to relocate with James to his family's $5 million Malibu estate.
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The court battle, which started in 2019 when the couple split after the Teen Mom star was arrested for domestic violence against Andrew, was decided over three years later.
Yesterday, The Sun exclusively revealed court documents with details behind the tragic decision.
The judge granted Andrew's request to relocate and gave him sole legal and primary physical custody of James, while ordering that he "seek out and consider the mother's opinion before making any major decisions relating to the child's medical treatment, education and religion."
Amber, who has not had overnight visitation with James since the 2019 domestic violence incident, has been granted overnights under the new custody arrangement which will be phased in incremental time frames.
Amber's time with James will be exercised every month and it will alternate between California and Indiana.
Amber will begin having three days of visitation including overnights in California first, then the following month Andrew will bring James to Indiana.
In phase two, her visitation will be upped to five days, and in phase three there is an undetermined amount of days set forth with the document noting that "mother will have parenting time pursuant to the Indiana parenting guidelines with distance as a major factor based upon the age of the child."
The phasing in of Amber's visitation schedule is to help their four-year-old son adjust to the new overnight routine, according to the judgment.
The judge is also ordering that both Andrew and Amber submit to monthly drug screens for the next six months, while Amber is ordered: "to participate in individual counseling with the counselor of her selection and follow any recommendations made by the counselor."
The drug screens will check for a slew of narcotics including amphetamines, methamphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, opiates including hydrocodone and oxycodone, PCP, methadone, propoxyphene, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, ecstasy and heroin.
The judgment also noted that when the no contact order is lifted between Andrew and Amber, the MTV star will "be entitled to liberal telephone calls and or FaceTime communication with the child."
MTV MONEY
Also yesterday, The Sun exclusively revealed Amber's MTV salary and the shocking amount of child support the judge is ordering her to pay Andrew.
According to documents obtained by The Sun, Amber's annual salary amounts to $600,000 from the entertainment television network.
The judge wrote in her decision: "Mother’s discovery responses, her listed contract amount was $600,00.00 per year. Other expenses, such as costs associated with agents and lawyers, come out of her contract amount."
The judge also noted: "No evidence was presented as to any additional income associated with Mother’s recent book."
After Amber pays people on her team, she brings home closer to $475,000, according to the custody documents.
Meanwhile, the judge - who gave full custody to Andrew and also granted his request to relocate with James to California - is ordering Amber to pay child support dating back to the start of their July 2019 split following the MTV star's arrest for domestic violence.
In determining the amount Amber has to pay, the judge took into consideration that Andrew has been living in her Indiana home rent-free with James, that the Teen Mom star has not had any overnight visits with her son and that Andrew has been the primary caretaker since their breakup.
The documents read: "The court orders that the mother's child support arrearage is set at $52,266.81. And mother shall pay this arrearage by making a lump sum payment within 90 days or by paying an additional $176 per week in child support until her arrearage is paid in full, for the total weekly child support payment of $800 per week."
Amber's regular weekly child support to Andrew outside of the back support, has been set at $624 per week, according to the documents.
The court is also ordering Amber to pay $3,000 towards Andrew's attorney fees, and that the "parents are to divide all work-related childcare expenses... pursuant to their respective income percentage shares."
The court also factored in the massive expenses that will likely be incurred as a result of James living in California and away from Amber in Indiana.
"The court orders the parties shall divide the costs associated with the child travel expenses associated with parenting time pursuant to their respective income percentage shares. Any travel expenses incurred by the party for their own travel in relation to parenting times will be paid by that party."
NASTY FIGHT
In audio previously obtained by The Sun, Andrew revealed his plan in his petition to the court to relocate their son away from Amber in Indiana to his home state where he and James would live with his mother, Charmaine Witus, as they get settled into California.
He currently lives with their son in a home Amber owns in Indiana, while she is living in a rental nearby.
Charmaine's $5 million Malibu estate sits on over three-acres of property, and her home features five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a swimming pool, which can be seen in aerial photos, according to listings.
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In testimony during the custody hearing, Andrew's mother revealed there's also a separate guest house where his sister and her fiancé reside.
Andrew was asking that the court not allow overnight visitation between Amber and James and that the reality star exercise her parenting time only in California.
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