As Ryan Edwards and Mackenzie Standifer’s child support battle wages on, the Teen Mom dad has admitted in court documents that his parenting of his children Jagger and Stella is minimal, though not quite as minimal as his soon-to-be ex-wife previously claimed.
In recent financial information filed by Ryan in preparation for the exes’ upcoming hearing, Ryan revealed that Mackenzie has their two children, Jagger and Stella, in her custody 339 days of the year, while Ryan has the children just 26 days, according to The Sun.
The latest filing also revealed Ryan’s monstrous monthly salary, which he earns from his mechanic job as well as from appearing on Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.
Mackenzie, who claims Ryan owes and is refusing to pay her child support, stated in October that the children are with her 365 days a year and with Ryan “zero days.”
The Sun previously reported that Ryan– who is also a father to 16-year-old son Bentley with ex Maci Bookout and is expecting a child later this month with fiancée Amanda Conner– does have visits with Jagger and Stella twice a month. These visits allegedly take place “every other Saturday at 12 p.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m. at his mom Jen’s house.
Ryan’s latest court filing also states that his monthly income is $16,010, while his “good faith estimate” of Mackenzie’s monthly income is $4,166.
As The Ashley previously reported, Ryan earns a $35,000 paycheck for each episode of ‘Teen Mom’ that he appears on. He also began working a “regular” job in August, earning approximately $27 an hour as a diesel mechanic.
Mackenzie and Ryan’s hearing is scheduled for later this month; however, the two are also still dealing with legal issues related to their divorce.
Just last week, Ryan demanded that the judge overseeing the exes’ divorce case charge Mackenzie with contempt, alleging that Mack sold (or got rid of) items that had “significant monetary and/or sentimental value” to him, despite a court order in place forbidding either party from doing so until their divorce is settled.
In the motion filed by Ryan’s lawyer, Mackenzie was accused of selling or getting rid of items including a car jack, kayak, jet ski, lawnmower, hunting rifle, sectional couch, race car/motor/transmission and various tools including a plasma cutter, two welders, generator, pressure washer and other items.
According to court records, Ryan and Mack were in court on Monday, with the contempt motion being continued until later this month.
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$16k a month and that POS doesn’t have the decency to pay child support?! Child support is one thing courts don’t mess around with, so either that POS will have to pay up or go to the clink again. His judge buddy might not be able to help him get out of that mess.
The main lesson that came out of TM wasn’t that being a TM is hard because those women wound up with plenty of money. The cautionary tale is to not get knocked up by a lowlife. Rhine, Adumb, all of Janelle’s baby daddies, Chris Lopez. All no good bums and sorry excuses for “fathers”. No matter how pretty of a picture Maci now wants to paint.
Those poor babies deserve so much better. Say what you want about Mackenzie, but she has been raising them on her own while also working to support them. Rhine doesn’t even care enough to make sure his kids have what they need. He is going to eventually do the same exact thing with Amanduh’s baby, only that kid won’t have a capable mother. I know Mimi Jen will step in, but that doesn’t change the fact that she raised a deadbeat dad.
Is it really 26 days if the kids are actually at his parents’ house every other weekend for an overnight? He makes 4x as much as Mack and hasn’t contributed one red cent to his children for over a year. This guy is pathetic, even when sober.
So Mackenzie takes care of the kids 93% of the year while their paternal grandparents (not their deadbeat sperm donor) get them the remaining 7%.
Also Ryan makes almost 3 times what Mackenzie makes and refuses to pay child support while wanting to SUE HER for allegedly selling some of his stuff??
COULD HE BE A BIGGER PIECE OF SH*T?? And Amanda is clinging to him like he’s such a catch??
I can’t take this amount of bullsh*t no more
26 days huh, so he’s hoping if he gets more time the less child support he will have to pay. His children will have less time without the one constant and stable parent they have had but it’s cool because he gets save money. Besides it’s not like he will be doing any of the work, it will mimi Jen or fiancé Amanda’s job. So, as usual it’s all about Rhine.
He looks like he’s in his 50’s.
I’d respond sorry Ryan everything gotten rid of was trash you already vandalized and covered with your own feces. It was garbage. Oh well.
“Fiancé” Amanda lol as if Ryan wasn’t engaged to all 3 of these bms