Barbara Evans announced on Tuesday that her daughter, Jenelle, has banned her from communicating with Jace, the 16-year-old grandson Barb raised for the majority of his life.
In an interview with TMZ, Barb— who is currently in the middle of a nasty custody battle for Jace with the fired Teen Mom star— stated that she is no longer allowed to visit or even talk to Jace. (As The Ashley previously told you, Jace has been at a mental health facility since late February.) While Barb had previously visited Jace and called regularly, she says that Jenelle has now cut contact off between her and Jace, something The Ashley’s sources confirm to be true.
“This happened about a week or two ago,” The Ashley’s source said.
The Ashley’s source also confirmed that it’s not just Barb who has been cut off. Currently, no one is allowed to call Jace now except for Jenelle.
Barbara told TMZ that she still calls the facility twice a day, despite not being allowed to speak to her grandson.
“She calls the facility every morning and night, asking staff to pass along messages to Jace — telling him she loves him and urging him to ‘hang on,'” TMZ reports. “Barbara believes Jace is struggling without being able to communicate with her … which is why she continues checking in daily and asking staff to reassure him she’s okay.”
Jenelle— who lives in Las Vegas— was recently in the Carolinas, and apparently visited Jace in the facility.
The Ashley’s sources tell her that, despite Barb having her communication with Jace cut, she is still fighting hard to regain custody of Jace. (As fans know, Barb had custody of Jace from the time he was a baby until she signed him back over to Jenelle when he was 14.)
According to court documents, a custody mediation orientation was held on Monday in which all three parties involved— Jenelle, Barbara and Jace’s dad Andrew Lewis— had to participate. (Jenelle attended via video conference from Las Vegas.)
They will next attempt mediation, and follow that up with a court hearing on April 13. (Barbara, Jenelle and Andrew are all required to attend.)
“Barbara is supposed to be getting visits with Jace, according to the custody agreement she has with Jenelle from when Barb signed custody back to Jenelle,” the source added. “Currently, though, it is up to Jenelle where Jace goes.”
However, Jenelle cannot bring Jace anywhere that her reinstated soulmate David Eason will be. Currently there is a restraining order barring David from being around Jace, due to the fact that David is still facing criminal charges for felony assault by strangulation and child abuse for allegedly assaulting Jace in 2023. Over the last few months, Jenelle has visited The Land— the home she shared with David in North Carolina— and had David visit her in Las Vegas several times.
After the TMZ story was posted on Tuesday, Jenelle seemed to be responding to it with a comment made to social media.
“Doing what’s in the best interest of my children,” she wrote.
Jenelle got absolutely eaten up in the comment section of the post, with the bulk majority of people suggesting that Jenelle rarely does what’s in the best interest of her kids.
“Well Jenelle after 16 years of putting yourself first, I’d sure hope so,” one person wrote.
“About time,” someone else commented. “Only took you 17 years to do this.”
Stay tuned…
(Photos: MTV)
58 Responses
Barb is jace’s only constant, she’s always been there for him. Having no contact with barb is heartbreaking, Jace needs his grandma.
That narcissist monster saying she’s doing what’s in the best interest for the kids is a load of bs, I know you read the Ashley cause you love nothing more than reading about yourself so here’s a little letter for you.
Dear Narcissist
The best interest for your kids is following their wishes and not your wants.
Jace doesn’t want anything to do with you he wants barb, for the best interest for Jace and his health give him access to his grandmother barb.
You’ve proven you don’t care about your children and only care about yourself, you have your children in the same residence has a pedophile (your accusation).
And also the monster that placed his hands around your oldest child’s neck, put his hands on your second child, killed a number of family pets.
Yourself and the monster are a danger to your children, so therefore the best interest for your kids is to find them a safe family to live with.
Stop selling stories on your oldest child, grow the f**k up and put yourself in hospital as you need ALOT of medical attention.
From a actual real mum
Marissa is the only person that can help at this point. She’s over 18 and can speak up, not only for Jace, but got the rest of Jenelle’s kids. She’s been there, she’s seen everything and she’s already testified in court. I hope she comes to the rescue.
That is not fair to put on her shoulders. This is not her fight. She is trying to build her own life as a young adult. She was just another one of their neglected and abused kids. She got out.
Sorry. I didn’t mean to take on the responsibility of Jace, I meant to show up at court and speak up for him against the craziness, to say the last, that the kids go through under the “care” of David and Jenelle.
Maryssa hasn’t been around Jace for at least a couple years now. She cant testify to anything thats recently happened.
She didn’t get out of any situation! If Jenelle is right about David being a pedophile, it means he may have abused that child! Maryssa has been brainwashed for years.
… you’re talking about a child like you know them. That’s weird
She can’t tell Marissa to keep quiet. I hope Marissa can come to Jake’s rescue and speak up for him and the rest of the kids.
I hope Jace writes a tell all book when he turns eighteen and spills all the dirty details on Jenelle and her soulmates while making bank.
When Jace turns 18, I hope he is offered his OWN reality tv show so he can tell his own side. I know we all would watch it to support him.
Janelle is going to be in a world of hurt when Jace turns 18yrs old and starts selling some of his stories to TMZ. Maybe someone can help him write a book even. I used to think that maybe Amber was the worst mother on the franchise. But, at least, she mostly stays out of her kids lives. It’s like Janelle intentionally wants to cause Jace harm.
After all the lies Jenelle has told, his side deserves to be shared, if that’s something he wants.
How vile and disgusting! I hope Barb is able to get custody and Jace out soon!
I believe in karma.
That poor kid should have been placed for adoption once Barb realized Jenelle wasn’t going to care for him. I’ll never forget the episode where she still had a distended uterus from giving birth and Jace was like a week old….she ditched him on Barbara to go partying.
Jace doesn’t want anything to do with Jenelle, and now that’s the only one he’s alllwed to communicate with? She hasn’t even visited him! She has 0 interest in being his mother, never has. She just doesn’t want to let Barbara to win. It’s got nothing to do with Jaces best interest, it’s all about her having the power. That poor kid is sitting in there completely isolated and the only one who can speak to him is the one that that’s caused him to go there in the first place…. I really hope a judge knows all this history and decides to strip her of her parental rights for good!
I COMPLETELY agree with the fact that she only cares about Barbara “winning” against her. That is ALL this is about. None of it is about Jace- when it comes to Janelle anyway I know Barb isn’t the best parent, but at least she loves him and cares about his well being. That’s just my opinion. Anyway- but yeah, it’s really so sad that she doesn’t care at all about her own son, but makes this all about hurting Barb AND Jace, when Barbara didn’t ask to raise another child. SMH
🥱 wash, rinse, repeat…..repeat, repeat, repeat
The biggest mistake Barb ever made is trusting het bitch of a daughter Chinelle enough to sign over custody of Jace. Boy, I can’t imagine how much she regrets that
Evil swampy ass bitch. Truly fucking evil
Purely evil move by a truly evil person.
Jace is a pet, a prep to Jenelle. She doesn’t want to take care of him or pay anything for him. She uses him to get back at her mother. And it’s pathetic and evil. I hope that the judge rules in favor of Barb but I doubt it.
I also doubt Barbara will get Jace back. She called the cops on him and said he had a gun, when no gun was found. She could have gotten him shot by trying to escalate the 911 call with a false claim. Barb cannot control Jace. And Jace cannot control himself. 16 is too old to be tearing grandma’s house apart. Jace shouldn’t be with Jenelle or Barbara. I see prison in Jace’s future at this point.
No gun was mentioned in Barb’s call to police. Barb called because she was afraid Jace was going to hurt himself after finding out ONLINE that DeluJanelle was back with the POS who strangled him.
She never said he had a gun and the police searched and there was no gun. That was the story that Jan sold to TMZ.
Jenelle has NEVER, NOT ONCE done anything in the best interest of the children that share the misfortune of her being their egg donor. Even before they were born, she didn’t give a rat’s ass about them. She wouldn’t stop smoking pot 24/7 and doing who knows what else during pregnancy. Once they were here, nothing changed. It was all about Jenelle and her soulmate of the week and it’s been that way since the first time we laid eyes on her. She is a vile, evil bitch and I can only hope with everything I have that she gets what’s coming to her while I’m still alive to see it.
PLEASE let the courts in NC do the right thing for Jace. Give him back to the woman that has loved him since the day he was born and wants only the best for him. And, prohibit the thing that calls herself his mother from ever having any contact with him.
Just when you think she couldn’t sink lower (reuniting with UBT) she tells herself, ‘Here, hold my beer…’
I’m amazed at all the ways Jenelle fails Jace. It’s so easy for her to do, and has nothing to do with Jace’s well-being. It’s all about getting at Barb and ‘winning’ over Barb.
I hope this backfires spectacularly on her & UBT next court date. And you just know UBT is egging her on to destroy her son. What a POS.
I’m really worried for Jace. He’s getting closer to 18 and these episodes of acting out plus sh*t decisions from his biological mother must be so debilitating. I’m worried he’s running out of time to get under control and feel IN control of his own life before he runs into the law as an adult 😔 Good one Jenelle.
He doesn’t want to talk to her, so, she retaliates and makes sure she’s the ONLY person he can talk to.
Barb moves to do something, Janelle becomes reactive and takes Jace away and doesn’t let her have updates to punish her mother.
She takes away his medical care, his meds, his access to his home… and… she’s back with the guy going to court for abusing her kids, the guy with the rap sheet 900 miles long… She’s fucking with a witness.
I hope with everything I have that the judge has some sense with this THIS TIME. For fucks sake… this abusive mindgame shit is exactly why we’re at this point.
I wish the court had all her behavior laid out, online, news, footage… it’s all there. the changing stories, the obvious retaliation, coaching, lies, drug use, neglect…
The kid found out Janelle was back with the man who tried to kill him… he had a mental crisis because of it… come ON North Carolina! Don’t fail this kid AGAIN. He’s at the point he will never not suffer… but…he’s still got time to have treatment, and make some kind of life.
👆 This comment is perfection!
Well said and 100% correct
Tbh delujenelle is really just shooting herself in the foot. Custody courts look at isolation of the only consistent parent Jace has ever had (Barb) being blocked from visiting him) while his egg donor fucks off to play happy family picnic again with his abuser she accused of various atrocities but has suddenly forgotten about now that she’s sleeping with him again, and they’re not gonna be like “wow, she’s doing great for the whole year and a half she’s had this kid in her custody! She should keep him!” Especially if she’s also isolating him from not only Barb but everyone else. That proves intent to isolate him to keep him away from anyone from the “outside world.” Why doesn’t this poor kid have a GAL? Someone with his actual best interests and actual power needs to step up.
So she dumps Jace off with her mom last year, has no communication with him, then suddenly wants to control who he talks to? All to get back at her mom? I hope she loses custody of all her kids.
From your lips to the Swamp God’s ears.
Words cannot express the hatred I have for her. Poor Jace. When does he finally turn 18? I have hope it’ll change his life. When he can say no to Jenelle.
Jenelle really is a monster
Well Jenelle,
Choosing yet another losah booooyfriend over your child- ya don’t say? Isolate him so that you can convince him not to testify against your swamp turd (not so) ex, right!?
You and Uncle Bad Touch deserve each other. I can’t imagine Marissa is happy with this either. Just two absolutely atrocious “parents”.
Hang in there, Barb & family. We’re all rooting for you.
I think she had him admitted long term in hopes he wouldn’t be able to testify against Sasquatch.
@theashley
You recently mentioned you would help Jace write a book, and edit it.
What about the same offer to Barb? I would buy it .
Even better – an audiobook by Bahb!
Smartipants, you’re doing your name justice. Give me a hundred of them…
Using her “power” of full custody to cause Jace pain and suffering and to break him away from the only mother he’s ever had is 100% abuse. She is a nasty person. All the pain and heartache Jace and Barb have suffered has seriously been primarily due to Jenelle. My heart hurts for Barb and Jace.
Barb should have done this to Jenelle 16 years ago.
Agreed. Barb has plenty of flaws but it was very clear she loved Jenelle. So she let Jace down in that way, not cutting Jenelle out to protect Jace.
God Bless you Barb!
This witch..
Cut off contact from everyone except her. But he doesn’t want to talk to her.
Way to manipulate the situation. I can’t tell you how much I hate her.
Bottom line. If David hurt Jace the way it sounds like her being with David is a huge hurt for Jace once again.. his mother NEVER chooses him for him, she only chooses Jace for herself and her own motivations. She never bonded with him in his younger years.. it’s sad
I hope Jace is learning coping skills to deal with his biological mother or that it’s okay that he writes her off once and for all. I wish he and Barbara all the strength to rise above that evil.
Two bit whore .
Skanky weasel faced friendless bitch I bet you smell as bad as you look . Jace is so better off where he is then with your worthless ass. There is a special place hell waiting for you!
I can’t wait until Jace turns 18 years old and Jenelle loses any and all say over him.
“Doing what’s in the best interest of my children” pshhhh that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard come out of her mouth because that bitch doesn’t care about anyone but herself and her interests. You could pay her to put them first and she still wouldn’t. It’s sick. And now she not allowing Barbara to have contact with Jace? That is complete and absolute crap. If she had half a brain and really cared for her kids, she would remove them from her own care. They would ALL be better off without being in her care.
I hate this bitch with every fiber of my being. I hope she rots in hell.
Fuck you Jenelle. Hope you get what is coming to you. You are a horrible person who deserves to suffer for your crimes. I hope your kids are taken away from your miserable ass. I wish you misery and suffering for the rest of your life.
Hope someone will make you pay for Being the evil person you are. Karma will catch up to your ass one day. The world hates you! How does your skanky ugly ass sleep at night?!
It just keeps getting worse and worse for Jace.
Juhnelle, you’re an ugly stupid whore. Greasy bitch.
Jenelle is an absolute monster… you think she can’t get any worse and then she does this, cut off contact between her mother and her severely troubled son, when Barbara is the only person whose ever truly cared for him. She obviously has many faults herself but it is sickening for Janelle to cut off contact to her sons source of love and comfort when he is going through an unimaginably difficult time
Poor Jace is probably freaking out, she doesn’t care what she’s doing to him, as long as she gets back at Barbara. She’s sick and sadistic. The court will see what she’s doing. She needs to be held accountable for this outrageous mental abuse on Jace.
I think it has more to do with Jenelle being back with David and putting Jace in mental hospital will likely be her way of getting Jace’s story of abuse swept under the rug in court-she will try to say Jace isn’t stable and can’t be trusted, when in fact she and David are the liars! Jenelle will smear her own kid’s credibility & remove him from ppl that have cared enough to be there for him his whole life(unlike her very selfish self that has alwayssss put men 1st-one man after the next after the next, etc…
All this now just so she can go back to living with an abusive jerk & to be her spiteful self when it comes to her family.
You know she likely tells her other kids to keep quiet, or twists what has occured over the years up to the point they don’t even know what is true or what isn’t! Liars & narcissists reallyyyy mess up their kids!
Sick stuff, very sick psychology going on here! Poor kids, all 3 of them..