Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Has Jennifer Horton Been Plotting to Steal Chad’s Kids Since 2016?

JENNIFER HORTON’S CUSTODY WAR: FANS EXPOSE THE YEARS-LONG PLOT TO STEAL CHAD’S KIDS

TL;DR: Days of Our Lives fans are DONE with Jennifer Horton’s custody lawsuit against Chad DiMera — and they’re pulling receipts from 2016 to prove she’s been plotting to take his kids for YEARS. The hypocrisy? She’s a recovering pill addict with a DUI hit-and-run record trying to take children from their stable biological father. Cat Greene isn’t the problem — Jennifer’s anti-DiMera agenda is!

The “Smoking Gun” From 2016 That Changes Everything

Okay, can we talk about the ELEPHANT in the room?

Jennifer Horton (Cady McClain) is currently on Days of Our Lives threatening to sue Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn) for custody of Thomas and Charlotte. Her excuse? Chad’s friendship with Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord) — the woman who was FORCED to impersonate his late wife Abigail by her actual murderer, Clyde Weston — supposedly makes him an unfit parent.

But here’s what veteran Days fans remember that the show’s hoping you forgot: Jennifer tried this EXACT same thing in 2016-2017 when Thomas was just a baby!

Back then, when Abigail faked her death (ah, soap opera classics), Jennifer used Chad’s grief as her weapon. She claimed he was “too deep in grief” to care for an infant and tried grabbing custody. Now in 2025? She’s flipped the script, claiming he’s moved on TOO FAST and isn’t grieving ENOUGH.

The pretext changes. The goal stays the same.

Take Chad’s kids away from the “evil DiMeras.”

Email [email protected] with your thoughts, theories, rants, or predictions!

The “Sex Offender Grandpa Household” Problem

Let’s get into the absolute ABSURDITY of Jennifer’s legal case, shall we?

She’s a recovering pill addict. Not ancient history — we’re talking 2016 AND 2022. In that 2022 relapse? She committed a DUI hit-and-run when she mowed down Gwen Rizczech while high on pills and LEFT HER FOR DEAD. That’s not speculation — that’s confirmed Days history.

And who does Jennifer live with? Jack Deveraux (Matthew Ashford), who — and there’s no delicate way to put this — raped Kayla Brady back in the 1980s. It’s one of the foundational, legacy-defining crimes of the show.

So… a grandmother with a criminal record for vehicular assault while impaired, living with a convicted rapist, thinks she can take kids away from Chad DiMera — a man with ZERO criminal record who is by all accounts a good, present, consistent father?

Make it make sense!

Days fans on social media are asking the same question: “I’m really supposed to believe that a judge is going to give custody of kids to a recovering addict along with an admitted sex offender… over the biological/custodial parent who has no record?”

The answer? Not a chance. And spoilers confirm that even Justin Kiriakis — a respected attorney and HORTON FAMILY FRIEND — will warn Jennifer on November 20 that her case is legally garbage.

If Abby Did It, Jennifer Would Demand Forgiveness

The double standard is what’s really setting fans OFF.

Jennifer has spent YEARS defending her daughter Abigail through every scandal. When Abby had an affair with EJ DiMera (who was engaged to her aunt Sami), Jennifer demanded everyone forgive her “sainted” daughter. When Abby tormented Gabi Hernandez? Jennifer defended her.

But Cat Greene — who impersonated Abby while being held at gunpoint by the man who murdered her, all to protect her own mother — gets zero compassion?

Fans are calling out the hypocrisy in DROVES. One Reddit commenter perfectly summed it up: “If it was Abby who had done it… Jennifer would be demanding that everyone forgive her.”

The Horton superiority complex is showing, and it’s UGLY.

Here’s the thing — Cat’s actions were devastating, yes. But they were done under duress. She was a victim being manipulated by a murderer. Meanwhile, Abby’s affair with EJ? That was a choice. Jennifer’s DUI hit-and-run? DEFINITELY a choice.

Yet somehow Chad giving Cat a platonic hug is the unforgivable sin that makes him an unfit father?

The math ain’t mathing.

Jennifer CAUSED The Accident She’s Using As “Proof”

And let’s talk about that accident involving young Thomas that Jennifer is weaponizing as her “evidence.”

Fans with functioning brain cells have pointed out something critical: Jennifer spent WEEKS poisoning Thomas against his father. She’s been teaching the child that Chad’s friendship with Cat is a betrayal of his mother’s memory. She got Thomas so emotionally worked up that when the boy witnessed Chad giving Cat a supportive hug, he reacted… and the accident happened.

As one fan brilliantly noted: “If it was anyone’s fault, it’s hers for pushing this narrative to her grandson.”

So Jennifer psychologically manipulated her grandson into an emotional meltdown that caused an accident, and then immediately blamed CHAD for not “keeping his kids safe.”

That’s not motherly concern. That’s calculated villainy.

Spoilers reveal Chad is hiring his brother EJ DiMera as his attorney, and you KNOW EJ is going to pull up every skeleton in the Horton family closet. Jennifer’s pills. Jack’s rape. Even “Saint Abigail’s” ugly history with Gabi. It’s ALL coming out in court.

And the kicker? Chad is so alienated from the Hortons now that he’s venting to Gabi Hernandez — the very woman Jennifer has always despised — when he needs support (airing November 18).

That should tell Jennifer everything she needs to know about how badly she’s destroyed this family.

Drop your comments below — what happens next?!

WATCH THIS:

Watch Days of Our Lives weekdays on Peacock to see Jennifer’s custody war explode! Stream full episodes here.