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KEITH URBAN AND NICOLE KIDMAN: INSIDE THE 37-PAGE DIVORCE THAT ENDED A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY
After 18 years of marriage, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are officially calling it quits — and now, details from their 37-page divorce filing reveal just how carefully the couple prepared for the end.
According to court documents reviewed this week, the decision wasn’t sudden. In fact, the filings suggest they had been working toward separation for months, possibly long before the news broke publicly. Kidman signed the papers on September 6, while Urban had signed nearly a week earlier, on August 29 — a full month before TMZ revealed the split.
The filings confirm that irreconcilable differences were listed as the official reason for divorce, a phrase that, while standard, hints at deeper private struggles the pair chose to keep out of the spotlight.
The documents also outline a detailed parenting plan for their daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. Urban will have the girls primarily on Sundays and alternating weekends — a schedule that, while standard, reportedly weighed heavily on him. He has also prepaid all child support and nanny expenses, estimated at around $6,500 per month until Faith turns 18.
Financially, the divorce appears remarkably clean. Both Keith and Nicole earn well over $100,000 a month, eliminating any need for alimony. Assets were divided swiftly through existing trusts and LLCs, with filings stating that all personal property — “furnishings, appliances, art, and other items” — had been split to the mutual satisfaction of both parties.
Despite swirling tabloid rumors of infidelity or substance abuse, no such allegations appear in the legal record. As Taste of Country points out, nearly all speculation so far has come from anonymous sources, with neither Urban nor Kidman offering public comment.
Fans, however, can’t help but feel the loss. For nearly two decades, the couple embodied grace, balance, and mutual respect in the chaotic world of fame. Their partnership — often hailed as one of Hollywood’s strongest — now closes not with scandal, but with quiet resolution.
As Urban said in a 2024 interview when asked about Kidman, deflecting with his trademark humor, “You just like it for the car,” he joked about her Days of Thunder role. Even then, the tenderness beneath the banter was clear — a reminder that sometimes, love doesn’t end in anger. It ends with acceptance.
For two people who built a life on art, music, and family, perhaps this quiet, dignified ending is their final duet — one sung not in heartbreak, but in understanding.