Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have formally filed for divorce on their second wedding anniversary without a prenuptial agreement
On Tuesday, Jennifer Lopez, 55, filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, 52, in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to court documents. Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the estranged couple’s wedding ceremony in Georgia.
She filed for divorce on April 26, 2024, on her own, without using a lawyer, and is technically representing herself.
Insiders have claimed that the couple did not sign a prenuptial agreement before tying the knot in July 2022, Daily Mail reported. In the absence of the agreement, Ben and Jennifer’s separate income from the previous two years, including income from large deals with brands or film productions, would go to the community.
Court documents revealed that Jennifer urged the judge to also deny spousal support to Ben, though she is not asking for it herself.
This was Affleck’s second marriage and Lopez’s fourth. The two were engaged twice: first in 2002 and then again in 2021.
What is the reason for their divorce?
Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben amid their ongoing financial dispute, according to TMZ.
Insiders claimed that the two were involved in heated settlement negotiations for several months. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have occasionally cut off all communication.
They marketed their $68 million Beverly Hills marital residence in May, a year after purchasing it for $60 million. They put the property up for public sale in June after attempting to sell it off the market.
In July, Ben completed the closing on escrow on a new $20.5 million bachelor pad in Pacific Palisades, just days after Jennifer turned 55. Jennifer is still house hunting in Los Angeles.
She was celebrating her 52nd birthday alongside Ben’s ex-wife Jennifer Garner, 51, and their children. Ben did not attend Jennifer’s extravagant 55th birthday party in the Hamptons in late July, which was Bridgerton-themed. Also read – Richard Simmons’ Brother Lenny Reveals Fitness Guru’s Cause of Death
More on Lopez and Affleck
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez met while working on the set of “Gigli” and got engaged in 2002 with plans to marry in September 2003, but they postponed the wedding and eventually called off their relationship in early 2004.
Both Lopez and Affleck moved on and married other people after their widely publicized breakup.
Affleck married Jennifer Garner, whom he had met on the set of “Pearl Harbor” in 2000. Garner was married to Scott Foley at the time, and Affleck has said publicly that the two fell in love in 2002 while filming “Daredevil.” The “Good Will Hunting” actor was in a relationship with Lopez at the time.
Affleck and Garner got engaged in 2005. They had three children together before divorcing in 2018.
Jennifer Lopez was married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997 to 1998, and then to dancer Cris Judd from 2001 to 2003. After her split from Affleck, she married Marc Anthony in 2004. The former couple had twins in 2008. Anthony and Lopez divorced in 2016.
Source – Tmz