13 kids by 6 different women.
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Chapman's first marriage was to LaFonda Sue Honeycutt by whom he has two children, Duane Lee Chapman II and
Leland Blane Chapman.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-49"><span>[</span>49<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-50"><span>[</span>50<span>]</span></a> Both sons would go on to work with Chapman at Da'Kine Bail Bonds in
Honolulu, Hawaii, and appear on TV alongside their father.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-51"><span>[</span>51<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-52"><span>[</span>52<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-hawaii-bailbonds.com-53"><span>[</span>53<span>]</span></a> LaFonda filed for divorce from Chapman in 1977, after he was charged with homicide. She remarried Jim Darnell and had two daughters, Hannah and Britney, with him.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-Boone-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a>
His second marriage was to Ann Tegnell, with whom he has three children, Zebadiah Chapman, Wesley Chapman (born 1980), and James Robert "J. R." Chapman (born 1982). They met in 1979, shortly after Chapman was released from prison. Tegnell was 17 years old when she became pregnant with Zebadiah and he feared that by having been intimate with a minor, he would be made to return to prison for violating his parole. To avoid potential legal ramifications, Chapman decided to propose to Tegnell, even though he did not love her.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-Boone-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a> The two wed on August 22, 1979, in Colorado. Zebadiah was born prematurely on January 1, 1980, and died less than a month later. They divorced sometime after the birth of Wesley but later reconciled, resulting in her becoming pregnant with James.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-54"><span>[</span>54<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-:0-55"><span>[</span>55<span>]</span></a> After they separated permanently, Ann was granted custody of Wesley and James and moved to Utah. Wesley was ultimately raised by his maternal grandmother, and both sons were kept from being able to communicate with Chapman. Wesley and James reunited with Chapman as adults.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-:0-55"><span>[</span>55<span>]</span></a>
His third marriage was to Lyssa Rae "Big Lyssa" Brittain (
née Greene).<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-56"><span>[</span>56<span>]</span></a> The marriage was reportedly performed by a
Native American chief in the
Colorado mountains in 1982, and ended on November 20, 1991. The two had met just days prior in a bar, while Lyssa was still married to her husband, an
Assemblies of God minister, though the two had since separated due to his
infidelity.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-:1-57"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a> According to Chapman, he offered Lyssa $1,000 to have his child, to which she agreed.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-:1-57"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a> They had three children together, Barbara Katie Chapman (June 8, 1982 – May 19, 2006), Tucker Dee Chapman (September 8, 1983), and
Lyssa Rae Chapman (June 10, 1987).<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-:1-57"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a> The family lived in
Denver, Colorado, in a home left to Chapman by his grandfather Mike, along with Duane Lee and Leland.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-:1-57"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a> According to Chapman's daughter Lyssa, she and her siblings reportedly endured a hard childhood, with incidents of sexual abuse and
substance abuse plaguing the family.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-58"><span>[</span>58<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-59"><span>[</span>59<span>]</span></a>
His fourth marriage was to Tawny Marie Chapman. The two met in 1988, after Chapman arrested her on a
drug possession charge, and she subsequently became his secretary.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-60"><span>[</span>60<span>]</span></a> The two married in 1992, separated in 1994, and officially divorced in 2002. The two had no children together, though Chapman's children did refer to her as their mother during the couple’s relationship. In his autobiography,
You Can Run But You Can't Hide, Chapman referred to the marriage as "a disaster from the start," alleging she was addicted to
amphetamines.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-61"><span>[</span>61<span>]</span></a>
His fifth marriage was to Alice Elizabeth "Beth" Barmore (
née Smith; October 29, 1967 – June 26, 2019), with whom he had an on-again-off-again relationship, until the two married on May 20, 2006, at a
Hilton hotel in
Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. They had two children together, Bonnie Joanne Chapman (born December 16, 1998) and Garry Chapman (February 7, 2001), and Chapman adopted Beth's daughter from her previous marriage, Cecily Barmore-Chapman (
née Barmore; born June 19, 1993). Chapman was also able to help Beth locate and reconcile with her son, Dominic Davis (born 1985), who was born to her when she was a teenager and subsequently placed for adoption. Dog and Beth operated Da'Kine Bail Bonds together. Beth died on June 26, 2019, at
The Queen's Medical Center in
Honolulu, as a result of throat cancer. She had been diagnosed with the disease in 2017.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-62"><span>[</span>62<span>]</span></a> In 2021, their daughter Bonnie accused Chapman of having been
unfaithful to Beth throughout their marriage.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-63"><span>[</span>63<span>]</span></a>
On August 23, 2021,
TMZ reported that Chapman was engaged to Francie Frane.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-64"><span>[</span>64<span>]</span></a> The two reportedly met six months after Beth's passing, and like Chapman, Frane had been recently widowed, having lost her husband, Robert "Bob" Frane in December 2018.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-today.com-65"><span>[</span>65<span>]</span></a> They announced their engagement in May 2020 and married in Colorado on September 2, 2021.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-today.com-65"><span>[</span>65<span>]</span></a> They later moved to
Marco Island, Florida.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-66"><span>[</span>66<span>]</span></a> Frane has two sons from previous relationships.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-67"><span>[</span>67<span>]</span></a>
Chapman has one child out of wedlock, his eldest child Christopher Michael Hecht (born 1972),<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-68"><span>[</span>68<span>]</span></a> who was born to his ex-girlfriend, Debbie White, while he was serving an 18-month prison sentence. Debbie kept her pregnancy from Chapman and died of suicide in 1978, leading the boy to be adopted by Keith and Gloria Hecht. Hecht has reportedly struggled with drug and alcohol addiction since at least 1991, and has a lengthy criminal history, including a history of
hate crimes.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-69"><span>[</span>69<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Chapman#cite_note-70"><span>[</span>70<span>]</span></a>
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