Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in February 2024.
(Robin Beck/AFP via Getty Images)when Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck They finalized their divorce and took their personal belongings with them.
Ex officially He ended their marriage On Monday, January 6, according to the documents he obtained Us Weekly. In doing so, “the parties agreed to divide all assets and liabilities” to avoid further litigation and expenses.
Lopez, 55, keeps all of her personal property and earnings from the date of their separation — April 26, 2024 — as well as half of their bank accounts. Affleck, 52, gets the same thing. Under the settlement agreement, they will also split their $60 million Beverly Hills mansion that is now on the market, but the specific terms of the agreement are sealed.
In the divorce, Lopez retains her clothing, jewelry, “various personal effects in her possession, custody, or control,” and all assets she owns “individually or by entities of which she (Lopez) is the sole owner, member, or shareholder.”
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Meanwhile, Affleck is holding on to his interest in the production company Artists Equity, which he founded Matt Damon in November 2022. The agreement states that he “will pay, indemnify and hold harmless (Lopez) from any and all liabilities, claims, debts, actions, causes of action and/or tax liabilities associated” with the company.
They settled their divorce through mediation in September. Lopez requested that “Affleck” be removed from her last name and that her legal name be restored to Jennifer Lynn Lopez.
Actress I filed for divorce from Affleck in August 2024. Instead of hiring an attorney to file the papers on her behalf, Lopez filed the papers herself in Second anniversary The couple's wedding took place in Georgia, even though their separation date was months ago.
At the time, a celebrity divorce lawyer Chris Melcher suggested in an interview with we That Lopez's decision to file without an attorney was “intended to send a message that this is not going to be a fight.” Melcher hypothesized that the duo may have “managed to resolve most of the issues before releasing the file to the public.”
Lopez and Affleck share a long history. They met on the set of the box office bomb Lilies in 2001 and got engaged in November 2002. They headed to the altar in September 2003, but called off their wedding days before the ceremony. They confirmed their split in January 2004.
Sparks flew again when the couple – known as Bennifer – reconnected in May 2021, and announced their engagement again in April 2022. They exchanged their vows in Vegas in July of that year, and hosted a second ceremony in Georgia the following month.
Lopez was married before Ojani Noah From 1997 to 1998, Chris Judd From 2001 to 2003 and Mark Anthony — with whom she shares twins Max and Emme — from 2004 to 2014. For his part, Affleck was married to Jennifer Garner From 2005 to 2018, they had their three children, Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel.
In May 2024, rumors of marital problems began circulating after Lopez and Affleck were not seen together in public for 47 days. we He quickly confirmed this Affleck has moved on From their house.
A source said exclusively we In June of that year, they couldn't “get on the same page (and) were not.” Discussing divorce “As an option.”
