Breaking Down Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock’s Divorce Settlement: Rent, Child Support and More
usmagazine.comIt’s settled. Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock finalized their divorce on March 8, 2022, after two years of tension with the pair having reached settlements on everything from custody to their Montana property.Us Weekly confirmed in June 2020 that the American Idol winner filed for divorce after nearly seven years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable differences,” after spending a few months quarantined together for a few months at their Montana home. “They clashed on so many levels and being in quarantine together heightened their problems to the point of no return,” a source told Us at the time.The pair have spent much of the time since hammering out the details of their divorce settlement. “She will not even entertain the idea of settling with Brandon,” a source close to Clarkson told Us in January 2022. “He will not get one penny from her that isn’t ordered by the judge.
It’s going to be nasty.”The insider continued: “She is devoting 100 percent of any free time she has preparing for the trial.
When not filming her talk show, she is hunkered down with [attorney] Laura Wasser.”Amid the divorce drama, the Kelly Clarkson Show host filed to legally change her name to Kelly Brianne in February 2022.
According to court documents, she wanted to choose a name that “more reflects who I am” in the wake of her split.After tying the knot in October 2013, the former couple welcomed daughter River, now 7, and son Remington, now 5.
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