Former Real Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King publicly wished her and ex Jim Edmonds‘ daughter a happy birthday after temporarily losing custody of her kids.
King, 41, took to Instagram on Monday, November 24, to share a photo of her 9-year-old daughter, Aspen, and wrote, “My favorite female to ever walk the planet. The brightest light, my greatest joy.”
She continued: “A spectacular gift from God was born 9 years ago today. When I learned what love is. I love you Aspen King Edmonds. I love you to infinity.”
The sweet social media post comes less than a week after Us Weekly broke the news that King had lost custody of the three children she shares with Edmonds — Aspen and 7-year-old twin boys Hart and Hayes — following an investigation by Child Protective Services.
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Multiple sources told Us that King retained supervised visitation rights, but Edmonds, 55, has sole physical custody of the three children. The decision is temporary pending a hearing — scheduled for December — to determine whether the custody arrangement will become permanent.
King and Edmonds were previously married from 2014 to 2019 before calling it quits. The former couple made headlines in 2022 when King filed for a temporary restraining order. In the legal paperwork, she alleged that Edmonds exhibited “frequent and consistent verbal abuse” toward her virtually and on their court-monitored coparenting app, Our Family Wizard.
Three months later, King’s order of protection was dropped. Edmonds, for his part, addressed the allegations of abuse in a statement to Us.
“This request for an order of protection is completely baseless and furthermore makes an absolute mockery of the pain suffered by the millions of women in this country who are legitimate victims of abuse,” said Edmonds’ rep, Steve Honig.
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More recently, police were called to Edmonds’ home in May after King allegedly entered the home he shares with wife Kortnie O’Connor without permission. King told police officers that Edmonds was “emotionally abusive” toward her, which he denied in a statement to Us in September.
“As usual, Meghan is telling tales. Her and Jim barely communicate, so if someone is emotionally abusing her, it’s not Jim,” a spokesperson claimed. “Jim is an active and present father to all his children. The unfortunate part of all this is that it’s the kids who suffer the most. Jim has always been willing to coparent in a respectful and productive way, however Meghan has yet to reciprocate.”
