Jenelle Evans is exhausted while she and David Eason argue over child custody

Jenelle Evans and David Eason are back in court.

L & # 39; former Teen mom star and her husband appeared in a North Carolina court on Wednesday afternoon for a hearing involving custody of her children. Jenelle and David are parents to daughter Ensley Eason, 2, while the star of reality TV is also mom Jace Evans9 Kaiser Griffith, 4.

A source close to Jenelle told E! Wednesday, the trial of Jenelle and David "will be postponed to Friday".

David and Jenelle will be "of course" back in court on Friday.

The source said: "They left the court today with all the status quo, they hope to be able to bring his children back this summer, his lawyers are very strict to allow him to talk about anything. "

The court's likely decision on Friday would allow Jenelle and David "to go ahead with what the court will decide for Kaiser and Ensley".

The mother of three children "really hopes to be able to recover them."

All the exchanges with the court and the case itself "were extremely painful [Jenelle], "the source tells us." This has never been planned. She is exhausted. "

They add, "Once everything is said and done, Jenelle and David will start seeing a marriage counselor."

The couple has been spotted in court several times over the past week regarding child custody.

"The judge ordered Ensley to be placed with Barbara at the request of Jenelle during Friday's hearing," the source added. Jenelle felt, and the judge acquiesced, that having Ensley with Barbara and not with the ex-ex's mother of David made no sense for the girl since she was not related to Whitney [[[[Johnson]the family of ".

The insider added that Jenelle and David are back in court as they "continue to fight to recover custody of Kaiser and Ensley".

Apparently, Teen mom fans even ask Kailyn Lowry if she will "take Ensley". The answer is no, she does not want to get involved.

At the end of April, reports surfaced that David had shot down Jenelle's dog, Nugget. A source told E! The news at the time that David killed Nugget because she "broke against" Ensley. The incident sparked a joint investigation between the Columbus County Sheriff's Office and Columbus County Animal Control, about allegations of animal cruelty related to the incident. No arrests have been made yet.

In mid-May, Jenelle confirmed to E! News that his son Kaiser, with whom she shares the ex Nathan Griffith, had been removed from his home after the incident. Kaiser would stay with his father for the moment.

According to one source, the move reportedly took place after Kaiser informed his school counselors of the incident at his home, which allegedly prompted the child protection services to intervene. Jenelle's eldest son, Jace, is currently living with his mother, Barbara Evanswho has complete custody. E! News also learned that Jenelle's daughter and David had been placed at Barbara's home.

"During this difficult period, I am determined to recover Kaiser and cooperate with my legal team for the next steps to recover my children," she told E! New.

Jenelle told E! News on May 1, she "was planning a lot of divorce" from her husband after Nugget's death. However, the first source said that they "will begin to see a marriage counselor" once the battle for custody has ended.

The 27-year-old confirmed the same information to E! News May 8 after his dismissal Teen Mom 2.

"David and I are studying matrimonial counseling," she told E! News at the time. "He's totally present since MTV, David really supported me and said to stay positive, everything would be fine."

-Reporting by Jessica Finn