Mama June is reportedly taking custody of her late daughter Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell's child

According to TMZ, Mama June is looking after Anna's 11-year-old daughter Kaityln while her younger child, eight-year-old Kylee is living with her biological father.

The media outlet reported that this plan was agreed upon should something happen to Anna who was diagnosed with stage four adrenal cancer back in January.

Kaitlyn and June share a close relationship which is why it was decided by the family that they would live together.

TMZ reported that the reality star is planning to file for legal guardianship.

June confirmed the news on Instagram this week alongside a photo of their family captioning the post: “With the breaking heart, we are announcing that Anna is no longer with us.”

“She passed away in my home last night peacefully at 11:12 PM. She gave one hell of a fight for 10 months she passed away with her family around her like she won’t [sic] and we will be updating y’all with more information as we get it today.”

Mama June had previously praised her daughter for battling her diagnosis in such a brave manner.

She told Entertainment Weekly that she was doing as well as one could in that situation.

“We don’t know what to expect because the cancer is very aggressive, and it grew from nothing to something huge on the left side of her body really fast.”

“She’s stage 4. She’s not going to go into remission. We’ve all accepted that, so I just tell people one day at a time because you never know.”

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