Mother june Shannon became the parent of her daughter Anna Cardwell’s lost child, Caitlin. And vowed to avert the family “curse” teen motherhood. On December 2023, Anna Caldwell at age 29 died because of stage 4 adrenal adenocarcinoma; she left behind two daughters, Kylee aged eight and Kaitlyn.
Mama June has emergency custody for Caitlyn while Kelly is currently living with his dad and Anna’s ex-husband Michael Cardwell. Breaking family models of teenage motherhood.
According to Joan, before her death, she had had to hire an attorney to get emergency custody of Caitlin as Anna did not sign any legal papers formalizing this arrangement. The reality television personality also discussed the problems that have come along with raising Caitlyn, which include overcoming her own sorrow and adapting to her new role as a guardian. In spite of adversity however, Zhu’s mommy stated that she would honor Anna’s wish and give Caitlin a stable loving home in life.