Amber Portwood Finally Receives Good Legal News About Her Son

She should still have a protracted strategy to go.

She should still not be in her superb household state of affairs.

However Amber Portwood ultimately has some motive to really feel respectable about the place issues stand between herself, her ex-boyfriend and her younger son, James.

In line with The Solar, a choose dominated in Amber’s favor final week when he granted her extra entry to the four-year previous she shares with Andrew Glennon.

The no-contact order that had beforehand been in place has now been lifted and Portwood is permitted to contact the kid by way of telephone calls and/or FaceTime conversations.

To be particular, the choose decreed that Portwood is now “entitled to liberal phone calls and or FaceTime communication with the kid.”

If Amber and Andrew can’t agree on the times and instances of those calls, the choose set a schedule for each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5:30 pm PT.

Again in July, Portwood lost custody of James.

The toddler has since moved along with his dad all the best way to California, whereas Amber stays in Indiana.

In court docket paperwork obtained by The Solar on the time, a choose granted Andrew’s request to relocate, giving him sole authorized and first bodily custody of James, whereas ordering that he “search out and contemplate the mom’s opinion earlier than making any main selections regarding the kid’s medical remedy, training and faith.”

Three years previous to this authorized resolution, Amber was arrested for home violence after an altercation with Glennon.

She was accused again then of attacking her boyfriend with a machete … whereas he hid in a rest room with James in his arms.

Ever since, regardless of finally having her expenses dropped and by no means dealing with any jail time, Portwood has not been in a position to spend very a lot time along with her son.

Upon awarding Andrew custody and stating that he may transfer throughout the nation along with his child, a choose stated of Amber this summer time: “Mom was usually emotional through the deposition and needed to depart the room on a number of events.”

He stated this conduct performed a job in his last ruling.

In response, Amber wrote the following in late July via Instagram:

“I’m devastated and heartbroken by this final result. I’ve labored so laborious to raised myself and enhance my relationship with my youngsters.

“Whereas I’ve at all times been candid about my previous substance abuse and points with psychological well being, an individual ought to have an opportunity to redeem themselves and never be tethered to their points from the previous.

“Individuals who’ve achieved remedy, and brought lessons, and made efforts to vary mustn’t proceed to be punished for previous errors.

“I’ve spent years rebuilding my bridges and did every thing that was required of me, together with finishing 21 damaging drug checks and a number of psychological evaluations.”

She concluded in her emotional publish:

In case your street has not been good, however you’ve labored laborious to turn into a greater, extra steady and caring particular person at present, preserve shifting ahead as I’ll [sic] and by no means cease preventing for my youngsters who I really like greater than something.

I’ve been dwelling in a nightmare for thus lengthy, attempting to show myself.

I wouldn’t want this insufferable ache on any mom or father.