'Return to Amish' Season 7: Who has custody of Sabrina Burkholder and Jethro Nolt's children after split?

Sabrina Burkholder's past custody battles have made viewers wonder who got the children
'Return to Amish'  stars Sabrina Burkholder and Jethro Nolt split after five years in August 2022 (TLC)
'Return to Amish' stars Sabrina Burkholder and Jethro Nolt split after five years in August 2022 (TLC)

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA: The cast of 'Return to Amish' will negotiate their Amish lifestyles in Season 7 with both old and new faces. The new season, which airs on TLC on Tuesday, March 14 at 10pm ET/PT, a group of Amish and ex-Amish people struggle with what it means to live outside their exclusive communities and determine where they truly belong. Sabrina Burkholder and Jethro Nolt are fan favorites and viewers are eager to see Sabrina return to the small screen and want to know what's been happening in her life after Season 6 ended. 

Sabrina shares three children, son Zekiah and daughters Kalani and Skyler, with her ex Jethro. She also has two daughters Okaley and Ariana with her former Amish ex-boyfriend Henry Kreiser III. The reality star had been engaged in a custody battle previously due to her ongoing heroin addiction. So, understandably viewers are eager to learn who has custody of the children? To find out the answer continue reading.

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 Does Sabrina Burkholder have custody of their children?

Burkholder recently welcomed her sixth child, Aro Reno, in February. Viewers witnessed her battle with addiction and to retain custody of her children in previous seasons of 'Return To Amish'. This has raised the question of whether she has the children now or not. Due to her addiction, she lost custody of Ariana in 2015. Jeremiah Raber and Burkholder got into a fight during the episode after Raber said that she chose heroin over her children. A year later, Burkholder's friend had a heart attack in her car while Oakley was seated in the back seat and she lost custody of her oldest daughter. However, after her split with Jethro, she still has custody of her four other children. 



 

Sabrina Burkholder and Jethro Nolt split after five years

After dating for more than five years, Burkholder and Jethro broke up, in August 2022. They had been in an on-again off-again relationship, as viewers saw in Season 6. The two are now concentrating on co-parenting their children. She had previously opened up about her relationship with her ex, stating that they had been friends for a "long period" before dating. The couple's relationship was anything but easy because they both battled substance abuse problems, which caused Burkholder to nearly die from a heroin overdose in 2018. However, it seemed that for a while, they had overcome their differences as the pair welcomed their third child together but this relationship was just not meant to be. 

'Return to Amish' premieres on TLC on Tuesday, March 14, at 10 pm ET/PT.

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