UPDATE: 4/3/26 at 11.13pm ET
Kim Zolciak has clarified the role counseling sessions are playing in her custody battle with ex Kroy Biermann.
Posting a lengthy statement via her Instagram Stories on Friday, April 3, Zolciak insisted she has “not lost custody of my children, nor has there been any modification to the custody arrangement.”
“I signed a temporary custody order at the end of January. The order clearly states that both the mother and father are to participate in two counseling sessions per month for two months, followed by one session per month thereafter. I was out of the country from February 26 through March 28 due to contractual filming obligations on two separate productions,” she wrote.
She added, “During that time, I did not have a single day off, making it impossible to attend the required counseling sessions. Kroy as of today (I had KJ and Kash up until 5pm today) currently has the children for spring break, which is his designated parenting time under the existing agreement. I am scheduled to resume my parenting time when the children return on Friday. My counseling sessions are scheduled and will be completed next week.”
Zolciak concluded, “For the avoidance of any doubt, I have not lost custody of my children, nor has there been any modification to the custody arrangement outside the agreed upon temporary order.”
Original story below:
Kim Zolciak won’t be allowed to see the kids she shares with estranged husband Kroy Biermann until she completes therapy.
According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly, a Georgia judge approved a temporary parenting plan where KJ, 14, Kash, 13, and 12-year-old twins Kaia and Kane will remain in Biermann’s physical custody from the time they are released from school on Friday, April 3, “until [Zolciak] completes four sessions of parent therapy …. But no earlier than April 13.”
The judge ruled that once Zolciak, 47, completes her four sessions as required, the parties shall “resume operation under the existing court-ordered parenting plan, which otherwise remains in full force and effect until further agreement and/or modification by this court.” (TMZ was first to report the news.)
Court documents revealed that during the week of March 30, KJ and Kash were in Zolciak’s custody, while Kaia and Kane were in Biermann’s custody. (Us has reached out to Biermann and Zolciak’s teams for comment.)
Zolciak is also mom to Brielle Biermann, 29, and Ariana Biermann, 24, from previous relationships. They are unaffected by the court order.
The ruling comes shortly after Kroy, 40, asked a Georgia state judge to immediately change the pair’s current joint custody arrangement.
According to court documents obtained by Us, the former football player is seeking primary custody of his and Zolciak’s four children. Kroy claimed in his filing that Zolciak had exhibited “blatant mismanagement of basic parenting responsibilities [that] would be practically unbelievable to anyone not familiar with the circumstances.”
Zolciak responded to her estranged husband’s latest legal filing in a statement to Us.
“These accusations are completely false and nothing more than a deliberate attempt by Kroy to defame my character,” she said. “I spent five weeks away working on two TV shows to support my family and make sure my children are cared for — something I will never apologize for. I refuse to be bullied or have lies twisted into a narrative about who I am. I will not stay silent; the truth is on my side, and it will come to light — no matter how hard anyone tries to bury it.”
The former couple split in the summer of 2023 after 11 years of marriage and are in the midst of a contentious divorce.
Before splitting, the couple documented their love story on The Real Housewives of Atlanta and a spinoff show titled Don’t Be Tardy.
“I don’t know if it’ll ever be over. I wish it would be over tomorrow,” Zolciak exclusively told Us while attending BravoCon in November 2025 about her ongoing divorce. “It’s just difficult. I’ve never not been able to coparent with my ex and things like that. … I want to be able to coparent and do what’s best for our children.”
