Current:Home > reviewsJoey Lawrence and Wife Samantha Cope Break Up After 2 Years of Marriage -FutureFinance
Joey Lawrence and Wife Samantha Cope Break Up After 2 Years of Marriage
View
Date:2025-04-25 19:56:52
Joey Lawrence's marriage has wilted.
The Blossom alum's wife Samantha Cope filed for divorce to end their two-year marriage, citing "irreconcilable difference" as the reason for split in court documents obtained by E! News Aug. 21.
Samantha listed June 7 as the couple's date of separation and asked each of their rights to spousal support be terminated.
In addition, she is seeking full physical custody and shared legal custody of their 19-month-old daughter Dylan.
"Samantha will have 100% physical custody of Dylan with visitation to Joe at Samantha's discretion," her filing read. "Once Dylan is 3 or older, Joe will have the option to take her for 2 nights in her home location if he is not working and can facilitate her visiting."
The Insecure actress' proposed parenting plan also stated that Joey—who she married in May 2022 at a California wedding—will not take their daughter for "long, extended periods of time until she is old enough to specifically ask for the visitation time and all parties agree and able to facilitate."
"He must be available for the full time she is visiting while she is a minor," the documents continued, adding that Dylan "is not to be in the presence of any non-family members while with Joe unless agreed upon by Samantha."
E! News has reached out to Joey and Samantha's reps for comment but hasn't heard back.
This is the third divorce for Joey, who was previously married to Michelle Vella and Chadie Yawn-Nelson, with whom he shares daughters Charleston, 18, and Liberty, 14.
The actor first met Samantha while filming their 2021 Lifetime thriller My Husband's Secret Brother, in which he played her lover-turned-murderer.
"I'd never dated somebody that I'd worked with before," Joey recalled of the meet-cute in a December People interview. "That was just very, very much out of the ordinary for me."
He added, "Look, life is a beautiful, sometimes crazy-unexpected journey, and the ups and downs are real, and I'm very thankful that people that I love are around me and that there's health around us."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (8)
Related
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris
- Contained, extinguished and mopping up: Here’s what some common wildfire terms mean
- Mike Tyson impresses crowd during workout ahead of Jake Paul fight
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Chris Evans Shares Thoughts on Starting a Family With Wife Alba Baptista
- Some women are stockpiling Plan B and abortion pills. Here's what experts have to say.
- Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Watch: Military dad's emotional return after a year away
Ranking
- Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
- Georgia public universities and colleges see enrollment rise by 6%
- Justice Department sues to block UnitedHealth Group’s $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys
- Travis Kelce's and Patrick Mahomes' Kansas City Houses Burglarized
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- Oprah Winfrey Addresses Claim She Was Paid $1 Million by Kamala Harris' Campaign
- Man found dead in tanning bed at Indianapolis Planet Fitness; family wants stricter policies
- Deommodore Lenoir contract details: 49ers ink DB to $92 million extension
Recommendation
Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
2 more escaped monkeys recaptured and enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in South Carolina
Missing Ole Miss student declared legally dead as trial for man accused in his death looms
Justice Department sues to block UnitedHealth Group’s $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys
2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years.
College Football Playoff snubs: Georgia among teams with beef after second rankings
New Yorkers vent their feelings over the election and the Knicks via subway tunnel sticky notes