Joey Lawrence And Samantha Cope Announce Birth Of Their Daughter, Dylan Rose

Joey Lawrence and Samantha Cope welcomed their first child together on January 16th 2023.

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Lawrence announced the new baby girl, Dylan Rose Lawrence on Instagram and thanked the midwives and the public for their support.

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The actor also shares two kids with his former wife Chandie Yawn-Nelson whom he was married to from 2005 to 2022.

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They welcomed daughters Charleston in 2006 and Liberty in 2010, who are now 16 and 12 years old respectively.

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Lawrence, who met Cope on a movie set, proposed to her in 2021 and took to instagram to announce their romance.

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They got married in February 2022, the same month he finalized his divorce with Yawn-Nelson.

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They showed off Cope’s baby bump on Instagram seven months after and expressed their excitement for the baby.

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Following their divorce, Lawrence and Yawn-Nelson agreed to work together and co-parent their kids.

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Lawrence previously praised Cope for having a good relationship with her stepdaughters and noted that they “liked her.”

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