"She was a child that I prayed for and God gave me," she said. "As a young teen, she began to experience problems at home."
The family says Savannah has autism and was not able to get the attention or help she needed at home.
"We sat down as a family to discuss the best options to figure out what was best for her," she said.
Leckie-Montague said she and her fiancée decided the best option for the young teen would be to allow her to live with her biological mother on a farm in rural Western Ozark County in Missouri.
"We have been co-parenting with her," Steeves said. "The farm just seemed like a really good place for her to explore and find herself."