Jenelle Evans appears to be working to build her case against her estranged husband David Eason.
The Ashley can exclusively reveal that the fired Teen Mom star requested— via her TikTok attorney Brandon Pettijohn— that the judge in her divorce case give her more time to respond to the claims David made in his court filings last month. (The Ashley broke the story that, in his official response to Jenelle’s 2024 divorce complaint, the employment-challenged former soulmate of Jenelle denied most of Jenelle’s claims against him and demanded full custody of their daughter Ensley, as well as child support and more.)
On Wednesday, a North Carolina judge approved Jenelle’s request for additional time to prepare her reply to David’s counterclaim. While Jenelle technically still had a few days left before her deadline to respond, she asked the judge for an additional 30 days to get things ready.
“Good cause exists for an extension of time,” she insisted in the court paperwork, obtained by The Ashley.
Jenelle and her attorney will now have until May 26 to prepare her reply to David’s claims.
In his counterclaim last month, David addressed all of Jenelle’s allegations regarding his treatment of her and her kids, and why he hasn’t seen or spoken to Ensley in more than a year. He insisted that the restraining order Jenelle filed against him last year prevents him from contacting his daughter, and stated that– despite Jenelle’s claims— he had been the primary caregiver of Ensley, as well as Jenelle’s sons Jace and Kaiser, during their time on The Land.
David asked that the court grant him the “care, custody and control” of Ensley instead of Jenelle. He did, however, ask that a judge require Jenelle to pay him child support.
“Jenelle Eason is an able-bodied female capable of providing support and maintenance for the use and benefit of [Ensley] when custody of [Ensley] is awarded to the defendant, David Eason. David Eason will be entitled to support from the Plaintiff, Jenelle Eason, for the use and benefit of the minor child,” he wrote.
In his answer filed in March, David asked that the court divide the marital and divisible property unequally, in favor of him. He also wants Jenelle to pay his court and attorney fees, among other things.
As The Ashley previously reported, Jenelle has been catching a lot of flak online in recent weeks since The Ashley broke the news that the fired ‘Teen Mom’ star had called 911 on her son Jace earlier this month. In the 911 call (which can be heard below), Jenelle accused the 15-year-old of “smashing” everything in her house. She later asked the responding police officers to put Jace on a 72-hour involuntary mental health hold but they refused.
Despite this, Jenelle continued to party— proudly posting photos of her and her back-from-the-swamp bestie, Tori Rhyne (who is currently visiting Las Vegas from North Carolina), out drinking and shooting photos for OnlyFans. While Jenelle attempted to (sort of) defend herself, she still got slammed online for failing to put her kids first and focusing on going out.
In a strangely worded comment made on Facebook last week, Jenelle stated that she has to “force herself to be a mother before anything else.”
Jenelle and David are due to have their next divorce court hearing next month.
