Nicole Kidman and Keith City have formally ended their marriage.
The longtime couple finalized their divorce in a Nashville courtroom on Tuesday, January 6, Us Weekly confirmed. In response to courtroom paperwork obtained by the outlet, neither Kidman nor City pays alimony or spousal assist. The paperwork additionally states that Kidman would be the major guardian to their two daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Religion Margaret, 15, and that no month-to-month little one assist will probably be exchanged.
Information of the finalized break up comes simply over three months after it was confirmed that the actress and nation singer had separated. On September 29, Kidman filed for divorce after 19 years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable variations” and requesting to be named the “major residential guardian” of their daughters. (Kidman additionally shares two grownup kids, Connor and Bella, with ex-husband Tom Cruise.)
As a part of the submitting, Kidman submitted a marital dissolution settlement signed by each events. The proposed parenting plan detailed that Sunday and Religion would spend 306 days per yr with Kidman and 59 days with City, together with alternating weekends. The settlement additionally emphasised a dedication to cooperative coparenting.
“Within the unlikely occasion that the events don’t agree on a significant resolution for both minor little one, [Nicole] shall have last decision-making authority,” the plan acknowledged.
On the time of the submitting, neither Kidman nor City publicly addressed their breakup. Nevertheless, a supply advised Us Weekly that the pair had been “quietly separated for some time now.”
“[They] wanted time to determine in the event that they had been going to truly divorce,” the insider shared. “She had religion they may work it out. This wasn’t Nicole’s resolution, and she or he is devastated.”
In response to the supply, the break up was particularly tough for the Huge Little Lies star, who reportedly felt “her belief was misplaced.”
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 27: (L-R) Nicole Kidman and Keith City attend the forty ninth AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute celebrating Nicole Kidman at Dolby Theatre on April 27, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Picture by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photographs)
“It was too far gone. Nicole had been attempting to get them to work on their marriage and didn’t need this to get out to the general public,” the insider added. “She didn’t inform many mates what was actually happening with them and was holding this in for months.”
Kidman and City’s final public appearances collectively included the 2025 Academy of Nation Music Awards and a FIFA Membership World Cup sport in Could and June. Regardless of these high-profile outings, the supply claimed the 2 had already begun residing “separate lives.”
“Nicole and Keith weren’t on the identical web page,” the insider mentioned. “They’re transferring in two totally different instructions, and their worlds are usually not overlapping as a lot as they as soon as did. The gap between them had grown extra apparent just lately.”
The previous couple started relationship in 2005 and married one yr later. Through the years, they had been open concerning the work it took to keep up their relationship.
