Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are once again single. The couple’s divorce was finalised on Friday after months-long legal process. This has also led to JLo officially dropping Ben’s last name from her legal name, signifying the end of the relationship.
AP reported that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved Jennifer and Ben’s divorce settlement on January 6, and declared that it would take effect on February 21, after California’s required six months passed since Lopez filed to dissolve their two-year-old marriage. The document said they settled through mediation in September, avoiding the kind of drawn-out court fight that other celebrity couples have gone through.
Jennifer Lopez has now dropped the Affleck from her legal name. While most of the financial details were kept private, the verdict clarified that neither star will pay the other spousal support, and they have no children together so custody is not an issue.
Jennifer and Ben, America’s sweethearts, married in July 2022. But she filed for divorce in August 2024. The filing said they had separated more than a year earlier.
