Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have asked a judge to finalize their divorce settlement less than five months after filing to separate.
The duo reached the settlement in September through mediation but only got around to filing in court on Monday.
The agreement includes no spousal support from either party and says Affleck and Lopez will each keep whatever individual earnings they accrued during the two-year return of Bennifer. Despite their celebrity status, the duo did not have a prenuptial agreement.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge is scheduled to approve the settlement on Feb. 20, according to TMZ.
Affleck, 52, and Lopez, 55, first started dating in 2002 after they met on the set of “Gigli.” They got engaged at the end of that year, but called off the wedding by January 2004, blaming the pressure of the spotlight.
Actors Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck attend the premiere of Amazon’s “This is Me… Now: A Love Story” at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on February 13, 2024. (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
In the following 17 years, both Affleck and Lopez had other relationships. But in 2021, they reunited in the public eye once again. By April 2022 they were engaged again, and then in July 2022 they got married at a secret wedding ceremony in Las Vegas.
“[Planning] the wedding was so stressful and one day Ben just says, ‘F— it, let’s just go to Vegas and get married tonight,” Lopez recalled in January 2023.
But the second time wasn’t meant to be either. By April 2024, the power couple had started living separate lives, according to their divorce filing. Lopez officially initiated the divorce in August.