Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck They were “working out all the details” of their separation before she legally filed for divorce, a source exclusively told Us Weekly. Us Weekly.
“They had already agreed to these terms before she filed her lawsuit,” the source explains. We Lopez, 55, and Affleck have announced their “planned” separation after two years of marriage.
The source continued, “Jennifer Lopez ultimately pulled the trigger because it was their agreement that she would sue, and the final decision was hers to make.”
The former couple’s biggest financial hurdle is their shared Beverly Hills home, which they purchased together in May 2023 and put on the market in early July.
“There’s nothing else to split,” the insider added of the property. “Neither of them wants more than the other. They both come into the relationship with significant assets.”
When Lopez filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Court on Tuesday, August 20, after two years of marriage, she waived spousal support and asked the judge to deny Affleck any alimony payments. WeLopez filed the divorce papers alone, without the help of an attorney, listing the date of separation as April 26, 2024. She also petitioned to have Affleck removed from her last name and cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the separation.
The “On the Floor” singer made no mention of a prenuptial agreement in her filing, but celebrity divorce lawyers Chris Melcher Exclusively Published We That doesn’t mean the former couple didn’t do it.
“You don’t have to say whether there was a prenuptial agreement or not,” Melcher, who is not involved in Affleck and Lopez’s lawsuit, told us exclusively. We Wednesday, Aug. 21. “Just because it’s not mentioned, don’t assume she has nothing.”
He explained that when filing for divorce in California, “there is no place on the paperwork to check a box asking if you have a prenuptial agreement.”
Though their assets are being kept private and sorted, the date on which Lopez chose to legally sever ties with Affleck, 52, holds significant meaning for the couple.
The couple first got married in Las Vegas on July 16, 2022, and then had a larger, more traditional wedding ceremony in Georgia a month later on August 20, 2022.
Ben Affleck is no stranger to high-profile relationships, but not all of them have had happy endings. Over the years, the Justice League actor has proven he can maintain good relationships with his exes, even after breaking up. In a February 2020 profile for The New York Times, he showed his support for his ex. […]
News that Lopez had filed for divorce comes after months of reports that her relationship with Affleck was falling apart.
The two haven’t been seen together for several weeks. We In May, Affleck confirmed that they had moved out of their Beverly Hills home shortly before putting it up for sale amid their separation. That same month, neither Lopez nor Affleck publicly acknowledged their second wedding anniversary.
Later that month, a source exclusively told us: We He added that Affleck and Lopez had been “living separate lives” while weathering ups and downs, but “Jennifer suggested they take some time to work it out.”
According to another source, We While the couple still had a “ray of hope,” Affleck wasn’t around when Lopez celebrated her 55th birthday in the Hamptons on July 24. Instead, Lopez wrote a message thanking her fans for their support.
“On my birthday, I want you to know that you are the greatest gift I have ever had,” she wrote on Instagram. “Not only my family and friends, but it’s you guys who have always been there for me through the good times and the hard times. I can always count on you guys, and I want you to know that you can always count on me. Thank you for your compassion, your understanding, your loyalty, and most of all, your love. 🤍 Thank you, thank you, thank you…”
Lopez and Affleck have a long history together. The two were engaged from 2002 to 2004. They rekindled their relationship after 20 years and thought they had a happy ending, but a source exclusively told Us Weekly that… We By August, it had become “clear” that they “were not a good match.”
“in the end, [the fact that] “They are very different people,” the source said, adding that “what was the final straw” was buying the 24-bathroom, $68 million mansion. “It’s not what he wanted and it’s not who he is.”
Before their reconciliation, Affleck Jennifer Garner The couple co-parented three children, Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 11, together between 2005 and 2018. Lopez has been married three times before. Ojani Noa For 11 months in 1997, Cris Judd She was engaged to Marc Anthony from 2001 to 2002 and had twins Max and Emme, 16, from 2004 to 2014. Alex Rodriguez Between 2019 and 2021.
