Jenelle Evans & David Eason to Go Before Judge on Friday to Get Official Divorce; Jenelle Demands Judge Grant Divorce & Restore Her Last Name ASAP

Jenelle Evans wants a divorce….and it looks like she may finally get it this week!

The Ashley can exclusively reveal that the fired Teen Mom star will have the chance on Friday to plead with the judge to finally officially end her marriage to David Eason. A hearing was set after Jenelle filed paperwork last month demanding the judge in (one of) her divorce court cases grant her the “absolute divorce” she filed for back in May. In that filing (which is different from the “divorce from bed and board” she filed for in February 2024), Jenelle asked that the court sever her marital ties to David and legally restore her last name back to Evans. 

In the court paperwork filed by her attorney in June, Jenelle writes that there “are no genuine issues of material fact” keeping the divorce from being granted and that she is “entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

“…[Jenelle] prays for entry of summary judgement in favor of the Plaintiff granting Plaintiff an absolute divorce,” Jenelle’s filing reads.

Jenelle’s motion is basically informing the judge that no one (including a certain swampy aspiring “rapper”) is disputing this divorce, so it should just be granted.

The Ashley can exclusively reveal that a non-jury hearing has been scheduled for Friday. The judge will give the couple 15 minutes to hopefully wrap up this matter and officially end the marriage. 

It appears that the hearing will be held virtually, as Jenelle lives in Nevada and the hearing will be held in North Carolina.

Again, this court case is different from the civil case Jenelle filed in February 2024. Those proceedings— which deal with custody of their daughter Ensley, marital property distribution, child support and more— are still ongoing. The couple was supposed to meet earlier this week for a mediation hearing for that case; however, that court date has been continued until August.

As The Ashley previously reported, North Carolina law requires a couple who is seeking a divorce to be legally separated and living apart for one year (with no hanky-panky) before they can officially file for a divorce. (Jenelle had previously filed for a “divorce from bed and board” which is essentially a court-ordered legal separation that does not end the marriage.) Once that year has passed, the couple can officially file for divorce, which Jenelle did in May.

In court documents obtained by The Ashley, Jenelle lists the date of her and David’s separation as February 16, 2024. 

“At the time of the separation, at least one of the parties intended the separation to be permanent,” the court docs from that filing read. “Since the date of separation, the parties lived continuously separate and apart from each other and did not resume the marital relationship.”

As fans know, David moved on very quickly after splitting from Jenelle, finding a new live-in lover in Kenleigh Heatwole. Jenelle also immediately moved on following her split from David. The former Lady ‘O’ The Land (HIGH!) HIGH-tailed it to Las Vegas, to date her manager-turned-soulmate “August Keen.” After a chaotic year or so together (and plenty of 911 calls and social media bickering sessions), the couple called it quits in January. 

Despite the fact that Jenelle isn’t divorced yet, she still hosted a (delightfully cringe-tastic) “divorce party” for herself last month at a New York City strip club (as one does…)