Mama June wins small victory in bitter custody battle with Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell's ex over her granddaughter Kaitlyn, 11

Mama June celebrated a mini triumph successful her court conflict pinch Michael Cardwell, nan ex-husband of her precocious daughter Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell. 

A judge granted Mama June’s petition for records from nan Department of Family and Children Services arsenic she seeks custody of Anna's 11-year-old girl Kaitlyn, according to tribunal documents obtained by InTouch on Tuesday. 

'Such grounds and grounds is worldly to nan matters earlier nan tribunal to let nan tribunal to make an informed determination regarding nan champion liking of nan insignificant kid successful this custody action,' nan mobility read, per nan outlet. 

Anna died successful December 2023 astatine nan property of 29 aft being diagnosed pinch adrenal cancer, leaving down daughters Kaitlyn and Kylee, eight. 

After Mama June was granted impermanent custody of Kaitlyn pursuing Anna's death, Michael— who had Kylee pinch Anna earlier their 2017 divided — revenge a abstracted lawsuit seeking custody of Kaitlyn. 

Anna had welcomed Kaitlyn pinch a different erstwhile partner from a erstwhile relationship. 

In early July, Kaitlyn submitted a declaration successful nan custody battle, per InTouch. 

She reportedly told nan court, 'I americium electing and hereby expressing my desire and intent to reside chiefly pinch my maternal grandmother, June Shannon. I do not wish to person group visitation pinch Michael Cardwell.'

The matriarch antecedently addressed nan custody of Kaitlyn successful an section of Mama June: Family Crisis that aired successful June, filmed anterior to Anna's death. 

At nan time, Anna expressed her wish for her husband, Eldridge Toney, whom she joined successful 2023, to return attraction of Kaitlyn. 

'I americium amazed that she wants Eldridge connected nan paperwork,' Mama June said successful a confessional connected nan show.

'Kaitlyn will beryllium amended disconnected pinch me, because location is stability. Eldridge has been successful Kaitlyn's life since she was astir 5 years old. Honestly, she needs to put this s*** connected paper.'

The section aired aft Mama June revealed that her family deliberately kept Anna's test hidden for months, because nan precocious TV prima didn't consciousness fresh to spell nationalist pinch nan news.

 The news of her test was made nationalist backmost successful March 2023, but Mama June confirmed that nan family had chosen to hold telling nan world erstwhile they first recovered out.

'We held nan shape 4 test retired of nan nationalist until Anna was fresh to show nan world,' she told DailyMail.com exclusively. 'We kept that underneath our loop for astir apt 3 months.'

The determination was champion for nan family astatine nan time, but her daughters Honey Boo Boo, Pumpkin and Jessica admitted they were near wounded and offended by group who went connected to impeach nan family of utilizing Chickadee's decease arsenic a crippled for their reality show.

Addressing nan comments, Mama June said: 'What was truthful crazy for america is erstwhile Anna passed distant successful December. I retrieve this vividly, for a agelong clip group really thought that we was really putting retired mendacious news.

'I was like, this is decidedly not thing to joke about. She passed distant connected our daughter's birthday, 45 minutes earlier nan timepiece turned 12.'

The prima fumed: 'That is not thing that we would moreover play with. A batch of you really deliberation that it was each for illustration put connected for nan cameras. Cancer is thing to play about. Death is thing to play about.'

Reflecting connected really they person been coping arsenic a family successful nan aftermath of Chickadee's death, she continued: 'For me, it's been a individual day-to-day thing. It's only been six months. 

'I consciousness for illustration I request to aftermath up from this nightmare. It's still a dream, if that makes sense.'