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Jennifer Lopez Requests to Drop Ben Affleck’s Final Title in Her Divorce Filingtheinsiderinsight

Jennifer Lopez desires her maiden identify again.

The multi-hyphenate, 55, filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, 52, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, after two years of marriage.

In courtroom paperwork obtained by PEOPLE on Thursday, Aug. 22, Lopez requested for her former identify, Jennifer Lynn Lopez, to be restored.

Additionally in her submitting, Lopez cited “irreconcilable variations” as the rationale for the break up, and indicated that she didn’t need her nor Affleck to be awarded spousal assist.

Jennifer Lopez.

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She checked to separate their property (property and money owed), including, “The precise nature and extent of separate property property and obligations are unknown to Petitioner right now. Petitioner reserves the appropriate to amend this Petition when identical is ascertained.”

In terms of group and quasi-community property, Lopez famous within the submitting that she hopes to confirm rights to property and money owed, nonetheless, she added that “the precise nature and extent” of these components usually are not at present identified and “might be decided.”

In different phrases, she and Affleck nonetheless want to determine who’s getting what within the divorce.

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Lopez and Affleck tied the knot in Las Vegas on July 17, 2022. That August, they hosted a lavish ceremony in Savannah, Ga., to have a good time their union.

The Unstoppable actress mentioned in a December 2022 cowl interview with Vogue that she was “proud” to be Mrs. Affleck and opened up about her choice to legally change her final identify.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck on Jan. 7, 2024.

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“We’re husband and wife. I’m proud of that. I do not assume that is an issue,” she mentioned on the time.

The This Is Me…Now singer identified that “individuals are nonetheless going to name me Jennifer Lopez,” nonetheless, her “authorized identify” could be “Mrs. Affleck as a result of we’re joined collectively.”

She mentioned that though folks may have their opinions about her altering her final identify, she thought it was a “romantic” transfer.

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“It nonetheless carries custom and romance to me, and possibly I am simply that sort of woman.”

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