UPDATE: 4/3/26 at 11.13pm ET
Kim Zolciak has clarified the position counseling periods are enjoying in her custody battle with ex Kroy Biermann.
Posting a prolonged assertion by way of her Instagram Tales on Friday, April 3, Zolciak insisted she has “not misplaced custody of my youngsters, nor has there been any modification to the custody association.”
“I signed a brief custody order on the finish of January. The order clearly states that each the mom and father are to take part in two counseling periods per 30 days for 2 months, adopted by one session per 30 days thereafter. I used to be in a foreign country from February 26 by way of March 28 as a result of contractual filming obligations on two separate productions,” she wrote.
She added, “Throughout that point, I didn’t have a single break day, making it unattainable to attend the required counseling periods. Kroy as of at present (I had KJ and Kash up till 5pm at present) presently has the youngsters for spring break, which is his designated parenting time below the prevailing settlement. I’m scheduled to renew my parenting time when the youngsters return on Friday. My counseling periods are scheduled and can be accomplished subsequent week.”
Zolciak concluded, “For the avoidance of any doubt, I’ve not misplaced custody of my youngsters, nor has there been any modification to the custody association exterior the agreed upon short-term order.”
Unique story beneath:
Kim Zolciak gained’t be allowed to see the children she shares with estranged husband Kroy Biermann till she completes remedy.
In line with courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, a Georgia decide authorized a brief parenting plan the place KJ, 14, Kash, 13, and 12-year-old twins Kaia and Kane will stay in Biermann’s bodily custody from the time they’re launched from college on Friday, April 3, “till [Zolciak] completes 4 periods of mother or father remedy …. However no sooner than April 13.”
The decide dominated that after Zolciak, 47, completes her 4 periods as required, the events shall “resume operation below the prevailing court-ordered parenting plan, which in any other case stays in full drive and impact till additional settlement and/or modification by this courtroom.” (TMZ was first to report the information.)
Court docket paperwork revealed that through the week of March 30, KJ and Kash had been in Zolciak’s custody, whereas Kaia and Kane had been in Biermann’s custody. (Us has reached out to Biermann and Zolciak’s groups for remark.)
Zolciak can be mother to Brielle Biermann, 29, and Ariana Biermann, 24, from earlier relationships. They’re unaffected by the courtroom order.
The ruling comes shortly after Kroy, 40, requested a Georgia state decide to instantly change the pair’s present joint custody association.
In line with courtroom paperwork obtained by Us, the previous soccer participant is in search of main custody of his and Zolciak’s 4 youngsters. Kroy claimed in his submitting that Zolciak had exhibited “blatant mismanagement of primary parenting duties [that] could be virtually unbelievable to anybody not aware of the circumstances.”

Kim Zolciak, Kroy Biermann Wilford Harewood/Bravo/courtesy Everett Assortment
Zolciak responded to her estranged husband’s newest authorized submitting in an announcement to Us.
“These accusations are utterly false and nothing greater than a deliberate try by Kroy to defame my character,” she mentioned. “I spent 5 weeks away engaged on two TV exhibits to help my household and ensure my youngsters are cared for — one thing I’ll by no means apologize for. I refuse to be bullied or have lies twisted right into a narrative about who I’m. I cannot keep silent; the reality is on my aspect, and it’ll come to mild — irrespective of how laborious anybody tries to bury it.”
The previous couple break up in the summertime of 2023 after 11 years of marriage and are within the midst of a contentious divorce.
Earlier than splitting, the couple documented their love story on The Actual Housewives of Atlanta and a by-product present titled Don’t Be Tardy.
“I don’t know if it’ll ever be over. I want it could be over tomorrow,” Zolciak completely informed Us whereas attending BravoCon in November 2025 about her ongoing divorce. “It’s simply troublesome. I’ve by no means not been capable of coparent with my ex and issues like that. … I would like to have the ability to coparent and do what’s finest for our kids.”




