Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck meet with divorce lawyer Laura Wasser
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were seen heading to their West Hollywood office to talk with divorce lawyer Laura Wasser on Monday morning.
Laura, who worked with Ben when he split from Jennifer Garner, has been helping the exes mediate their ‘tricky’ divorce, according to TMZ.
Lopez and Affleck – who were wed for only two years – have a complicated split because they did not have a prenup agreement when they said ‘I do’ in August 2022.
And since they tied the knot, the stars worked together on several projects like the films This Is Me… Now, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, Unstoppable and Kiss Of The Spider Woman.
The toughest part, however, is Ben’s production company with longtime Matt Damon; it was started after he wed the former Fly Girl, which means Jennifer might be able to get a slice of it, the site added.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck started Monday morning with a tough meeting. The estrange couple were seen heading to their West Hollywood office to talk with divorce lawyer Laura Wasser
Wasser seen on Instagram in June modeling jewelry
But there won’t be a war between the two as they want the divorce to be friendly.
‘They want to show the kids that things are amicable,’ a source told People on Monday. ‘They want to stay friendly. There’s still a lot of love.’
The divorce must be going somewhat smoothly as Ben and Jennifer seemed to be getting along when they took their children to brunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel earlier this month.
They walked side by side into the hotel.
PageSix claimed that Ben could not keep his hands off Jen and even kissed her, which is unusual behavior for a couple that is divorcing.
The split has been a long time coming, however, as they were not living together for most of this year.
The On The Floor hitmaker, 55, filed for divorce without an attorney on August 20 — which marked the couple’s second wedding anniversary.
Lopez listed the date of separation as April 26, 2024, as per legal docs seen by DailyMail.com.
The couple did not sign a prenuptial agreement before tying the knot, insiders have revealed.
JLO had on a tight black skirt with a slit up the back and a matching top
The Hustlers star carried a beige purse as she wore sky high heels in beige
Wasser had on an emerald green and black mini dress as she carried a black purse
She worked with Affleck before when he divorced Jennifer Garner
On the day that Jennifer and Ben’s marriage ended, the actress was spotted leaving The Whitman, a luxury boutique condominium that overlooks Manhattan, while on a solo trip to her native NYC.
Without a prenup in place, Jennifer and Ben’s individual earnings from the last two years — whether it be from film projects or major brand deals — are community property.
One major asset the estranged couple will need to agree on is a $60.85 million home in Beverly Hills, California that they purchased last year.
The former couple listed the home – which has 12 bedrooms and 24 bathrooms – in June for $65 million, then relisted it after making recent renovations for $68 million.
The home in the tony Southern California neighborhood arrived last month of the market after further work was done on the abode, which took Lopez and Affleck two years to pick out.
The mansion spans 38,000 square-feet, and state tax law might play a part in the increased price tag, as California taxes homes sold for a minimum of $10 million with a 5.5 percent charge, TMZ reported last month.
The listing on the abode had been held by The Agency, a real estate firm owned by Bravo personality Mauricio Umansky.
Affleck looked downcast as he was spotted in his silver car on Monday morning
The Air actor had on a dark suit with a white shirt as his beard was carefully groomed
The couple wed during a lavish Georgia ceremony in August 2022 – one month after legally tying the knot in Las Vegas in July
Affleck moved out of the Beverly Hills home and has since plunked down $20.5 million on a mansion in the Pacific Palisades, California.
Both entertainers have worked steadily in the two years they have been wed: Affleck’s projects in that timespan include the 2023 movies Air (which he also directed) and Hypnotic, according to iMDb.
Affleck also made appearances in 2023’s The Flash and 2024’s Jennifer Lopez in This Is Me… Now. He has finished shooting the The Accountant 2, in which he reprises the role of Christian Wolff from the 2016 motion picture.
The two appeared to have a red carpet argument shortly afterward at the premiere of Jennifer’s film The Mother; pictured in May 2023 in LA
Tongues first started wagging when the pair appeared to have a tense exchange at the Grammy Awards in February 2023, though they both later brushed it off
Other acting projects he has in the works include a film called Witness for the Prosecution, which is in development; and a film titled RIP, which is in the pre-production phase.
He is listed as an executive producer on a TV movie called Thirst, a sports drama titled Flash Before the Bang and a Hugh Jackman movie titled Apostle Paul.
Other projects he is listed as a producer on include a film called Keeper of the Lost Cities, which he is slated to direct and star; and the film Animals, which he is slated to direct, which stars his longtime friend Matt Damon.
The joint ventures he is involved in with Lopez: a musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Unstoppable, both of which she stars in.
Jennifer — who has a reported $400million net worth — has put out four films since marrying Ben, including her $20million self-funded project This Is Me… Now: A Love Story, which documents the couple’s rekindled romance.
She launched her Delola cocktail line in 2023 and she was set to embark on a world tour in support of her latest album This Is Me… Now this year but it was canceled weeks before kick off so she could ‘focus’ on family.
Oscar-winner Ben — who has a reported net worth of $150million — has starred in the films Air (2023) and Hypnotic (2023). He also recently wrapped production of a sequel to 2016’s The Accountant.
In court docs, Lopez said she was waiving spousal support and requested the court not give Affleck any either, according to the outlet.
According to TMZ insiders, the exes have been embroiled in tense settlement talks for months. At times, Jennifer and Ben have stopped speaking to one another entirely.
The source noted to the outlet that ‘one of the little-known secrets is Jennifer paid for much of their marital expenses and now she feels he owes her’ – and is itemizing the expenses she laid out amid the relationship.
Lopez is mother to twins Emme and Maximilian, 16, with ex-husband Marc Anthony, 55; while Affleck is father to children Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, 52.
Affleck also didn’t want his love letters to Lopez being made public in her new film The Greatest Love Story Never Told
‘Bennifer’ quickly became the Hollywood ‘It couple’ of the early 2000s.
But their whirlwind romance came to an end in early 2004, when she and the Armageddon star abruptly called off their engagement.
In her Amazon Prime Video documentary, Jennifer shed light on their tumultuous initial two-year relationship, which garnered significant public attention, placing strain on the couple.
‘Ben and I broke up three days before our wedding and we crumbled under the pressure,’ she revealed to the cameras.
‘I had a broken heart once I lost the love of my life, my best friend, and I couldn’t talk for so many years and that was the hardest part.
‘I used to think it was everyone else who was broken, now I think it was just me.’
The stars seen together during an NBC Dateline interview on July 13, 2003 in Vancouver, Canada
After 17 years apart and two failed marriages, Ben and Jennifer decided to rekindle their romance in May 2021.
‘We’re totally different people now and we’re the same and we have the same love 100 percent. Like I’d never fallen out of love with [Ben],’ Jennifer confessed in 2024’s The Greatest Love Story Never Told.
Ben popped the question in April 2022 with a stunning green diamond engagement that had ‘Not. Going. Anywhere’ engraved on the band.
It was special to Jennifer as it was ‘how he would sign his emails when we started talking again,’ she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in November 2022.
In July 2022, Ben and Jennifer tied the knot in a Las Vegas wedding chapel.
The following month, the couple held a star-studded wedding ceremony at Ben’s sprawling Georgia compound.
Though split rumors didn’t reach a fever pitch until 2024, fans of the couple began speculating that Ben was ‘miserable’ in the relationship back in 2023.
This mostly stemmed from Ben’s apparent dislike of red carpet festivities that Jennifer frequented, as well as several seemingly heated interactions that were caught on camera.
