Overview
- The couple’s 2-year-old son, Preston, died in April 2025 after their 2011 Ford F-150 veered off the road and struck a tree, and the St. Tammany Parish coroner ruled his death accidental from blunt-force injuries.
- Both parents were injured in the crash and Katelynn has said she suffered a traumatic brain injury that left her with little or no memory of the accident and the days afterward.
- Court documents obtained by Us Weekly show Katelynn listed the date of separation as June 15, 2025, and later court handling included a judge denying a default judgment in the case.
- Katelynn returned to Instagram on July 11 with a post marking '443 days' since Preston’s death, shared beach photos with an unidentified man, and confirmed to People late Sunday that she and Jaelan are divorced.
- The developments change the family’s public arc from private recovery to a gradual public rebuilding, and they raise the likelihood that Katelynn will continue to share updates about her recovery and parenting while managing a new private life.