Jennifer Lopez Requests to Drop Ben Affleck's Last Name in Her Divorce Filing

Mar. 15, 2025

Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck.Photo:Marc Piasecki/WireImage; Gary Miller/WireImage

Marc Piasecki/WireImage; Gary Miller/WireImage

Jennifer Lopezwants her maiden name back.

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

Also in her filing, Lopez cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split, and indicated that she did not want her nor Affleck to be awarded spousal support.

Jennifer Lopez.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

She checked to separate their property (assets and debts), adding, “The exact nature and extent of separate property assets and obligations are unknown to Petitioner at this time. Petitioner reserves the right to amend this Petition when same is ascertained.”

When it comes to community and quasi-community property, Lopez noted in the filing that she hopes to verify rights to assets and debts, however, she added that “the exact nature and extent” of those factors are not currently known and “will be determined.”

In other words, she and Affleck still need to figure out who is getting what in the divorce.

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Lopez and Afflecktied the knotin Las Vegas on July 17, 2022. That August, theyhosted a lavish ceremony in Savannah, Ga., to celebrate their union.

TheUnstoppableactress said in a December 2022 cover interview withVoguethat she was “proud” to be Mrs. Affleckand opened up about her decision to legally change her last name.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck on Jan. 7, 2024.Michael Buckner/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty

Michael Buckner/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty

“We’rehusband and wife. I’m proud of that.I don’t think that’s a problem,” she said at the time.

TheThis Is Me…Nowsinger pointed out that “people are still going to call me Jennifer Lopez,” however, her “legal name” would be “Mrs. Affleck because we’re joined together.”

She said that although people will have their opinions about her changing her last name, she thought it was a “romantic” move.

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“It still carries tradition and romance to me, and maybe I’m just that kind of girl.”

source: people.com