Levi Johnston is speaking out about his bitter custody fight over Tripp, his 7-year-old son with his ex, Bristol Palin.

"I'm so happy to have my son in my life, and to put all of this back and forth in the courts behind me," Johnston gushed in a statement he posted to Facebook on Feb. 23.

"It might have taken me 7 years and cost me around $100,000 in lawyer fees, spread out am