Family Law

Usher Divorce Follow-up

By mbrickley

Famous R&B singer Usher, formally know as Usher Raymond V, divorced his wife Tameka after two years of marriage.

The couple married in Atlanta back in 2007 at a lavish wedding in front of more than 200 guests.

According to a USA Today article, the marriage didn?t seem to be working out, and Usher filed for divorce on June 12 of this year. He stated he filed because there was, ?no reasonable hope of reconciliation,? and the marriage was, ?irretrievably broken.?

Usher stated the couple had been separated since July 2008 in the court hearing. According to a CNN article, Usher apparently had denied this fact before ? stating he loved his wife and that they were not having any marital issues.

?I love my wife very, very much. There was a little rumor earlier this week about us separating. It ain?t true. We in love.?

Tameka Raymond stated in the court papers that the couple was not separated since 2008. She claimed she, ?had every reason to believe her marriage was intact and that they were intimately together as husband and wife as recently as June 6th.?

Most of Usher?s fan base did not like Tameka, and many are happy to see the couple divorced, CNN reported.

When they first married many thought ? and hoped ? that the marriage would not last. Tameka had already been married and had three children by her first husband. When she married Usher, some fans seemed to believe she married the young pop star for his money.

According to the CNN article, Usher?s mother was unhappy with the marriage. The article stated, ?the word was his mother Joanna Patton didn?t approve of their relationship ? a fact that seemed for many to be confirmed when Usher replaced Patton as his longtime manager soon after the wedding.?

The estranged couple has two young sons together, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Ely Raymond. Usher requested joint custody for the kids, but it is still unknown if any child custody agreement was reached with the final divorce decree.

Full post as published by The Divorce Blog on November 24, 2009 (boomark / email).