Teen Mom star files for divorce from her husband of five years and demands to keep family home & custody of kids

TEEN Mom star Lindsey Nicholson has filed for divorce from her husband of five years - and is demanding she keeps the family home and primary custody of the kids. 

The Sun can exclusively reveal that Lindsey quietly filed for divorce back in July in Texas from her husband, TJ Nicholson. 

The couple share twins, a boy and a girl called Jackson and Paisley, who are now four years old.

Lindsey also has a daughter called Aniyah, who was featured on 16 and Pregnant with her former boyfriend.  

TJ adopted Aniyah during the course of their marriage. 

In the divorce complaint, Lindsey is asking for the “exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the children,” to have the “exclusive rights to apply for and renew passports for the children” and asks for the “father should have standard visitation.” 

Lindsey also says that the house they live in belongs to her and is asking the court to confirm it as her “separate property.” 

She is also asking the court to confirm that two trucks, a 2016 GMC Yukon and a 2016 Dodge Ram, are also her property. 

Additionally, she is asking to have her maiden name, Harrison, restored.  
 

16 AND PREGNANT DEBUT 

Lindsey was introduced into the MTV Teen Mom franchise through 16 and Pregnant in 2012. 

Her episode documented the birth of her daughter Aniyah who is now 10-years-old.  

The former MTV star also befriended current Teen Mom star Kailyn Lowry, and has appeared on the show as a friend of Kail's. 

TWINS! 

In 2018, Lindsey went on Kail's Coffee Convos podcast and discussed the traumatic birth of her twins with TJ.  

The Ashley's Reality Roundup reported that Lindsey opened up about the emotional experience after delivering her babies at just 29-weeks.  

“I had [my son] Jackson, he came out crying and everything was good,” she said. “I couldn’t hold him because they took him right to the bed and put the ventilator in so he could breathe on his own. 

When Lindsey began talking about Paisley’s birth, she teared up, as did Kail. 

“Then I had Paisley, and she came out and she wasn’t crying,” Lindsey said as she held back tears. 

“I’ve never talked about her story aloud before. She wasn’t crying at all, and that’s the first sign something is wrong. They took her to put the ventilator in, and they couldn’t get it in.

"She was so feisty; she didn’t want them touching her. That was even more scary because she needed to breathe. They put it in, but I started bleeding too much so I couldn’t even turn around and look at her, because my doctor was like, ‘Don’t move! You’re bleeding too much.’"

“It was the hardest thing I ever went through. I had to leave both my babies at the hospital…Right away my parental instincts told me something was wrong with Paisley,” Lindsey added. 

In 2020, the 16 and Pregnant alum gave an update on her daughter’s health and said she’s battling esophageal varices, which are enlarged veins in the esophagus often caused by obstructed blood flow. 

“Paisley goes back for her MRI soon,” the Texas native began. “Today we find out if her main portal vein is 100 percent damaged or if half of it can be rerouted to divert the blood flow around the damaged half so she stops having varice ruptures.” 

Always scares me when she has to go under anesthesia,” the season 4 star shared. “Praying she won’t have to be put under anesthesia much more after today's MRI and her surgery soon.”