Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban finalize divorce after less than 4 months
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are officially divorced less than four months after the Oscar winner filed to end their marriage.
A Tennessee judge finalized the divorce on Tuesday, ending the stars’ nearly two-decade union, according to legal documents obtained by TMZ.
Representatives for Kidman and Urban did not immediately respond to the Daily News’ request for comment.
The “Babygirl” and “Nine Perfect Strangers” star filed for divorce in late September, on the heels of reports that she and her Grammy-winning husband had separated and were living apart since the beginning of the summer.
It was also during the summer that the actress applied for residency in Portugal, though Urban’s name was surprisingly absent from that application.
The 58-year-old exes, who wed in their native Australia in June 2006, share daughters Sunday, 17, and Faith, 15. They have both waived child and spousal support, and have each retained their own assets, according to divorce documents.
“It’s one of the cleanest financial settlements we’ve seen from a celebrity couple,” Gideon Alper, estate and family attorney at Florida’s Alper Law, told the Daily News in October. “No ongoing payments, no joint assets and no courtroom battle — just a blueprint for moving on.”
As for their children, the estranged pair reportedly plan to take co-parenting classes and have already submitted a child support worksheet. They have agreed to make joint decisions on anything major regarding the girls, though Kidman will serve as the “primary residential parent.” The parenting plan says the kids will live with Kidman for 306 days a year, while Urban is allocated the remaining 59.
Those close to the country star “felt the split was kind of inevitable,” as a source previously told People. Both Kidman and Urban had also hinted at troubles in their marriage in interviews that took place prior to news of their impending divorce.
Just two days before their separation became public, Urban sparked speculation that he’d had eyes for up-and-coming country starlet Maggie Baugh when he changed the lyrics of 2016’s “The Fighter” to praise the 25-year-old who played on his summer tour.
Baugh posted a clip of Urban crooning, “When they’re tryna get to you, Maggie, I’ll be your guitar player” — changing the original words from the track initially penned for Kidman.