Barry Plath Fighting For Kids, Won’t Back Down To Kim

Kim Plath, Barry Plath, Welcome to Plathville, YouTube

Barry Plath responded after his ex-wife, Kim Plath filed for custody of the three young kids. Welcome to Plathville fans saw that on the TLC show, Kim suddenly moved out, opened a dance studio, and decided she wanted Barry no more. Next, she started dating Ken Palmer. After leaving her now-ex to raise the children, she wants the minor kids to live with her.

Barry Plath Raising Minor Kids

Social media showed that the older daughter, Lydia Joy Plath, might have been schooling her little sisters, Amber, 15, Cassia, 13, and Mercy, 11. All of the kids were homeschooled until their mom took off. Separated for about two and a half years, Welcome to Plathville fans saw that on occasion. during the holiday season, Kim Plath caught up with the kids.

Kim Plath YouTube
Kim Plath and Younger Girls- TLC YouTube

At the end of June, TLC fans heard that Barry Plath would need to fight for custody of his kids. Kim filed for permanent primary custody of their 3 minor children as well as child support. There wasn’t any hint as to why “the fit and proper mother” wanted custody two and a half years after leaving them in Barry’s care. However, she claimed that Barry had a job and could afford to pay her to support the children.

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Welcome To Plathville Dad Responds

The Sun reported this week, that on July 16, papers were filed in Georgia by the TLC dad’s legal team. Interestingly, his custody claim seems almost identical to Kim Plath’s. The outlet cited the documents  as saying:

Barry demands that he “should be awarded temporary and permanent custody” of the girls…the reality star “is in need of and entitled to temporary and permanent child support for the care and maintenance” of his daughters…he’s also asking for an “equitable division of marital property” and their marital debt to be split between the two parties.

Barry and Kim Plath, YouTube, Welcome to Plathville
Barry and Kim Plath, YouTube, Welcome to Plathville

Barry Plath might not roll over for his ex-wife. After all, Welcome to Plathville fans seem to have noticed a change in him since Kim Plath left. He works out, dresses better, and attracts a lot of attention from female fans. Notably, his kids all seem to adore him.

Kim Plath recently showed off her new home, which is a 33-foot Chris-Craft boat with tiny living quarters. Showing the girls around, she explained how it was cramped but livable. So, it seems that they probably won’t be living in Ken Palmer’s home if she wins the case.

What are your thoughts on Barry Plath’s response to Kim Plath’s filing for custody of Amber, Cassia, and Mercy? Do you think this custody case will be a long and drawn-out affair as they both want the same things? Sound off in the comments below, and come back here often for all your Welcome to Plathville news.

James Michael

3 Comments

  1. I’m really not a huge fan of the show, but from what I have watched Barry deserves custody. She left the kids to start a new life on her own. Barry has gone up & above to be a great dad.

  2. I have watched the show and Kim is not a fit parent for those girls. She did the older children no favors with her version of homeschooling. They never graduated and were not ready for adult hood. Kim meddled in all their lives but especially Ethans and ruined his marriage. She is vindictive and a control freak. Living on a boat with no room at all for personal space is not healthy for those young ladies. Living with their Dad is where they should be. Kim is selfish and only things of Kim. Barry has turned around and the children all seem to want to be with him. The girls should be enrolled in school so they can have a fair shot going into their adult lives. Kim preached no dating, no sex, no drinking, no drugs and kept them prisoners in their home. All the while she did everything she told them not too. Especially having an affair and the drunk driving incidents. Poor kids.

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