Teen Mother star Andrew Glennon battles family in warfare over late mother’s $8.5m property and claims he is ‘shut out’ of talks
TEEN Mother Amber Portwood’s child daddy Andrew Glennon is in a authorized warfare over his household’s $8.5 million property.
In a submitting completely obtained by The U.S. Solar, Andrew, 41, says he was unnoticed of enormous components of the mediation over his household’s large property.
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In an affidavit submitted to the courtroom final week, Amber‘s ex wrote: “For almost all of the mediation, I discovered myself alone, unnoticed of all discussions main as much as the signing of the settlement.”
He mentioned his sisters, Juliet and Meghan, together with their lawyer, left Andrew alone for over 45 minutes throughout a latest mediation session,
When the mediator returned, he requested if the previous Teen Mother star had signed the settlement.
“I instructed them I had not. There was strain on me to skim the doc rapidly, and I signed it below excessive duress, not understanding what I had signed,” he claimed in his submitting.
Andrew took concern with the wording of 1 clause particularly, in addition to the cost of his sister’s authorized charges.
Amber’s ex, who’s the father to their son James, 7, additionally mentioned a chunk of property that was not a part of the property had popped up.
“There may be additionally point out of separate property in Sonoma County that was by no means a part of this property.
“Initially, this settlement comes off as being very coercive, as there’s a lot extra discovered right here than what was talked about within the precise mediation,” he wrote.
The previous Teen Mother star mentioned he could be hiring an lawyer to help him additional, and that he needed the settlement he signed beforehand to be invalidated as a result of he had signed it with out totally understanding what he was agreeing to and “below excessive duress.”
Andrew’s sister Meghan was named the executor of the property, which was executed in January 2024.
ANDREW’S MOTHER’S DEATH
Their mom, Charmaine Witus, died on April 19, 2024, with an property price an estimated whole of $8.55 million.
Andrew’s father, James Glennon, died in 2006.
In accordance with the desire filed in a Los Angeles courtroom, Charmaine acknowledged she had 4 residing youngsters, Meghan, Allison, Andrew and Juliet.
Charmaine then continued she was solely leaving her property to 3 of her 4 grownup youngsters.
“I’ve deliberately, and never on account of any mistake or an inadvertence, omitted on this will to supply for my daughter, Allison C. Glennon.”
Charmaine then mentioned in her will, “I give the remainder, residue and the rest of my state to my youngsters, Meghan E, Glennon, Juliet C, Glennon and Andrew J. Glennon in equal shares per proper of illustration.”
Between the three grownup youngsters, they’d roughly get $2.8 million every earlier than taxes, authorized charges and another deductions have been taken out.
RULING AGAINST AMBER
After Andrew and Amber broke up, an Indiana choose granted him full custody of James.
The previous MTV star relocated with their son to California and was residing in his mom’s Malibu property on the time, as The U.S. Solar completely reported in 2022.
James and Andrew then moved to a different household property in 2023, this time in Santa Barbara.
In a stunning determination, obtained completely by The U.S. Solar, the custody choose outlined a number of components that led to Andrew getting sole custody of his and Amber’s son.
One key consideration was the Teen Mother star’s not too long ago revealed e book, So You’re Loopy, Too?, which was launched simply weeks earlier than the ultimate custody hearings.
Within the judgment, she wrote that within the e book Amber “discusses her important historical past of substance abuse, her historical past of home violence, her risky perspective and propensity for aggression, her intensive psychological well being points, her perception that the in-patient facility she attended for anger administration ought to have as an alternative been for drug use.
“Her concern she is going to by no means have in a single day parenting time together with her son, that she finds herself canceling on her son extra usually than she would love, and the concept of getting off probation quickly issues her as a result of she can be unwatched and unchecked,” the choose concluded relating to her issues about points Amber addressed in her e book.
ANDREW’S FAMILY FORTUNE
The MTV star’s household made their cash within the movie enterprise in Hollywood.
His father James Glennon was an Emmy-winning cinematographer who labored on Deadwood and the movie About Schmidt.
Andrew’s grandfather Bert Glennon was much more profitable.
“Turning into a director of pictures in 1916,” reads Bert’s IMDB bio, “Glennon grew to become one of many trade’s most revered craftsmen and labored usually for such perfectionist administrators as John Ford and Cecil B. DeMille.”
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