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"All Amber Portwood wanted to do was celebrate her daughter Leah&amp;apos;s third birthday in peace. But that was easier said than done on Tuesday&amp;apos;s Teen Mom series finale, thanks to Portwood&amp;apos;s ex, Leah&amp;apos;s dad Gary Shirley.\r\nOriginally intending to sign over primary custody of their daughter to Shirley, Portwood -- currently serving a five-year prison term after rejecting court-ordered rehab -- had a change of heart after an ugly phone spat with Shirley on Tuesday&amp;apos;s show. &amp;quot;I thought giving him custody was the right thing to do. Now I&amp;apos;m thinking it&amp;apos;s the complete wrong thing to do,&amp;quot; Portwood admitted to new boyfriend Mike. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s hard having a kid, especially with an a--hole.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nShirley&amp;apos;s explosive and hurtful phone call came as a surprise to Portwood, who agreed to hand over custody so that the no-contact order between the couple would be dropped. When Shirley called her a &amp;quot;slut&amp;quot; on the eve of their custody hearing, Portwood flipped. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re not getting custody. I&amp;apos;m going to get Leah back,&amp;quot; she fumed. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re never going to use her as a tool -- she&amp;apos;s a human being. I love her!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn the end, Shirley apologized for his actions the next morning, and he and Portwood headed to court to sign sole physical and legal custody of Leah over without incident. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re not going to be excluded as her mother,&amp;quot; he vowed, as the no-contact order was on its way to being dropped.\r\nFarrah Abraham, Maci Bookout and Catelynn Lowell&amp;apos;s stories also drew to a close on Tuesday&amp;apos;s series finale. Spending a month away from baby Sophia while getting her academic affairs in order, Abraham was reunited with her daughter -- and managed to be civil with her mom, Debra Danielson -- in their Iowa hometown. Following her son Bentley&amp;apos;s third birthday party, Bookout made the tough decision to hand over Bentley&amp;apos;s birth certificate to ex Ryan Edwards, who intended to file for 50-50 custody. (Viewers weren&amp;apos;t able to see if Edwards indeed took her to court.)\r\n\r\nIn what was perhaps one of the finale&amp;apos;s most emotional scenes, an especially angry Tyler Baltierra wrote his father, Butch, a letter in prison cutting off all ties -- and reflected on his and Lowell&amp;apos;s decision to place daughter Carly, 3, for adoption in 2009, as filmed on MTV&amp;apos;s 16 &amp;amp; Pregnant.\r\nStruggling with their choice throughout Teen Mom&amp;apos;s four season run, Baltierra and Lowell finally realized that they acted in their daughter&amp;apos;s best interests when placing her. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;d be lying if I didn&amp;apos;t regret it sometimes,&amp;quot; Baltierra admitted in their closing scene. Countered Lowell: &amp;quot;We did the best we could as parents.&amp;quot;\r\nTell Us: What did you think of Teen Mom&amp;apos;s series finale?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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