‘Golden Bachelor’ Gerry Turner files for divorce from Theresa Nist after 3 months of marriage
nypost.comfiled for divorce from his wife of three months, Theresa Nist, 70, The Post can confirm. Turner filed the legal docs Friday in his hometown of Petersburg, Indiana.
In docs obtained by The Post, Turner listed the couple’s date of separation as April 12 and states “the marriage of the parties should be dissolved because of irretrievable breakdown.” In Indiana, a divorce based on irretrievable breakdown of the marriage is known as a “no-fault” divorce and is not grounded upon wrong-doing or marital misconduct of the husband or wife.
News of the filing comes hours after the couple announced in a joint “Good Morning America” interview that they would be splitting after their televised wedding in January. “Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations … and looked closely to our living situations,” he said, noting that they’ve decided to “dissolve” their marriage.“We just feel like it’s best for the happiness of each of us to live apart,” he said. “I still love this person.
There’s no doubt in my mind.”The pair held hands during the bombshell sit-down. Nist explained that they looked at homes in South Carolina and considered New Jersey to settle down, but nothing came of their initial plans.“I still love you,” the two said to each other.
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