The custody battle between Leah Messer and Corey Simms has been going on for months now, and Leah may have just gotten one step closer to making her case that Corey is no more fit to raise the ex-couple’s twin daughters than she is.
According to Radar Online Corey was forced to fork over $ 6,000 in child support after he was recently caught misleading the court about his income.
For Leah, of course, the money is secondary to the fact that her lawyers can use the fact that Simms misreported his income as a strike against him in the next custody hearing.
“Leah is thrilled she got a court date,” says one insider. “She’s been waiting for this opportunity for months.”
Corey’s shady behavior, coupled with the fact that Leah was recently able to prove that she got the girls to school on time when they were under her care (despite what Simms’ lawyers claimed) may mean that her previous custody arrangement will soon be restored.
“Leah thinks she has a good chance to get her daughters back,” a source revealed. “She’s optimistic.”
There’s no word yet on when the couple will return to court for a custody hearing, but when they do, you can expect Simms to pull out all the stops.
His lawyers will almost certainly remind the judge of Leah’s drug problem and ask the court to consider why she’s keeping her relationship with T.R. Dues a secret.
