After two years of marriage, Hollywood actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are splitting.
Based on court records viewed by the BBC, Lopez filed for divorce in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday.
The couple, who the tabloids dubbed “Bennifer,” got married in a ceremonial ceremony in July 2022 in Las Vegas and had a more elaborate wedding ceremony in Georgia the following month.
They met while working on the set of the 2003 crime comedy Gigli, and that is how their romance started. They called off their relationship early in 2004 although had originally intended to get married that year. Their connection was revived nearly two decades later.
“Love is a lovely thing. Love is compassionate. It appears that love is tolerant. Twenty years patient”, Lopez remarked after announcing the Las Vegas wedding in 2022.
Lopez or her legal representative must provide Affleck with a copy of her petition to dissolve their marriage, according to a court document in the case. According to media sources, Lopez—who had officially changed her last name to Affleck—did not include any information about a prenuptial agreement in her divorce filing.
Lopez, 55, and Affleck, 52, are required to provide their financial information, including their current income, expenses, properties, and debts, according to a document submitted in the case to the Superior Court of Los Angeles.
According to the paperwork, both parties must disclose any changes to their financial situation “until there is a final agreement about all financial issues in your case”. Lopez was given by the court sixty days to file a financial disclosure, and Affleck will have an additional sixty days to do the same after she turns in her data. According to the petition, there may be a court-imposed penalty if one of them neglects to record or update financial information.
