Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from estranged husband Ben Affleck with little fanfare, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
The “Jenny from the Block” singer filed the divorce herself in Los Angeles County Superior Court Tuesday without using a lawyer, according to People magazine. She listed April 26 as their date of separation.
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“Her timing was, of course, revealing,” Marilyn Chinitz, partner at Blank Rome, told Fox News Digital. “I think that’s a real statement. ‘I’m done. I’m ready to move on.’ Because they, you know, I suspect they really suffered going through these several months, and I think she just decided ‘I’m ready to be done.’”
Chinitz believed the former couple had “a mediator who helped work with them to come to a resolution” so the filing was more of an “administrative” task.
“She’s smart enough to know that she would need counsel, and I think that they’ve already worked it out,” she said. “We've got to give them credit. They’re both hugely successful. They’ve both made a lot of money. They both have children from prior marriages who they want to protect. We know that their kids, all of them, have played a big part in their lives.
“I’m sure that she and he both put those kids first, and they did not want to have more drama in their lives to put their kids in. So, that’s why I think most likely they worked with a mediator to settle this.”
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“Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck Divorce Filing Shows Power Play, but Expert Warns ‘Gloves Might Come Off’,” by Tracy Wright, was published in Fox News Digital on August 22, 2024.