The nearly eight year old marriage between Madonna and Guy Ritchie ended today, Friday, November 21, after a London court granted a preliminary decree of divorce. Photo Credit: Splash News/FileNovember 21, 2008, (Sawf News) - The nearly eight year old marriage between Madonna and Guy Ritchie ended today, Friday, November 21, after a London court granted a preliminary decree of divorce.
The couple did not attend the hearing.
The divorce can become final after six weeks and a day, says the AP.
Their case - Ciccone M L v Ritchie G S - was listed before District Judge Reid and was announced at 10am in Court 10 of the Principal Registry of the High Court's Family Division, reports Telegraph.
Details of the terms of the divorce have not been divulged but Times Online reports that Madonna will keep the bulk of her more than $500 million fortune and the couple will share custody of their two children together, Rocco, 8, and David, 3, who will split time between their parents in New York and London.
Madonna's 12-year-old daughter Lourdes, from her relationship with fitness trainer Carlos Leon, will live in America with her mother.
It has also been reported that Ritchie will keep the couple's $24 million, 1,200 acre estate in Wiltshire and the Punchbowl Pub in Mayfair.
Madonna was represented in the case by Fiona Shackleton who represented Prince Charles and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, while Ritchie's interests were defended by Lady Helen Ward.
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