Why Meghan King Misplaced Short-term Custody of three Youngsters (Unique Supply)

Former Actual Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King has misplaced non permanent custody of the three youngsters she shares with former skilled baseball participant Jim Edmonds as a result of she allegedly gave one of many youngsters an ADHD remedy they weren’t prescribed.

A supply tells PEOPLE completely that the choice to take away the kids from King’s custody got here after King allegedly gave Ritalin to considered one of her sons a number of occasions, regardless that the kid had not been prescribed the remedy by a health care provider, in line with the supply, who additionally says that King allegedly requested a faculty nurse to manage the remedy to her son.

“She tried to get the nurse to do it after which any person from the college known as CPS and so they opened an investigation,” the supply stated.

Following the report from the college worker to Youngster Protecting Providers, the supply says that the kids’s guardian advert litem, a court-appointed advocate, filed for a short lived restraining order in opposition to Meghan.

On Nov. 19, a number of shops reported that King had misplaced non permanent custody of her youngsters in latest months, and a supply tells PEOPLE that the elimination got here someday in late October, round Halloween.

PEOPLE has reached out to King and Edmonds for touch upon the matter.

Following the elimination of the kids from her custody, King was granted supervised visitation of their children, whereas Edmonds acquired sole bodily custody, in line with Us Weekly, which was first to report the information. The choice is non permanent and a listening to shall be held to find out if the custody association will develop into everlasting.

On Nov. 20, King’s former Actual Housewives of Orange County co-star Kelly Dodd shared in a TikTok video that she’d spoken with King, who she describes as an “glorious mom,” within the aftermath of shedding custody.

“She stayed at my home. I took care of her when she obtained her boob and her nostril executed. And I can let you know, she loves these infants,” Dodd stated within the video. “She loves these children. And I do know for a reality she’s a great mom. She is a superb mom.”

King and Edmonds had been married for 5 years earlier than they break up in 2019, and their divorce was finalized two years later in 2021. They share 8-year-old daughter Aspen and 7-year-old twins Hart and Hayes.

Jim and spouse Kortnie Edmonds — who first went public with their relationship in April 2020 and obtained engaged in July 2021 — married in September 2022.

In latest months, longstanding stress between King and Edmonds have intensified, escalating right into a September altercation involving King, Edmonds’ present spouse, Kortnie, and police. In bodycam footage recorded by the Frontenac Police Division and obtained by Us Weekly, King may be seen describing Edmonds as “emotionally abusive” throughout a confrontation on the sports activities broadcaster’s Missouri residence on Might 1.

Kortnie, 40, known as 911 after a dispute with King, alleging that the previous actuality star had entered the couple’s residence with out permission and was “inflicting a disturbance,” in line with the police report obtained by the outlet.

Following the altercation, a rep for Edmonds issued an announcement to PEOPLE denying King’s allegation.

“As regular, Meghan is telling tales. Her and Jim barely talk, so if somebody is emotionally abusing her it’s not Jim. And she or he shouldn’t be getting full custody; Jim is an lively and current father to all his youngsters,” the rep shared on the time.

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“The unlucky a part of all that is that it’s the youngsters that suffer essentially the most,” the rep continued. “Jim has all the time been prepared to co-parent in a respectful and productive approach nevertheless, Meghan has but to reciprocate. Jim has an extended historical past of persistently making choices and performing in a approach that’s greatest for his children.”