Kim Kardashian is Now Officially Single, As Judge Rules
Kim Kardashian was declared legally single by a judge on Wednesday, granting the reality star’s wish to end her seven-year marriage to Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West. She has also legally and officially dropped the “West” from Kim Kardashian West’s name.
According to the Associated Press, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star, 42, appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court via video call for a bifurcation hearing. West, 44, whose legal name has been changed to Ye, was not present.
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According to the Associated Press, Superior Court Judge Steve Cochran sent lawyers for the former couple into the hallway outside a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to finalize paperwork, including a name change form for Ye, before declaring Kardashian single.
According to TMZ, Cochran also granted Ye’s request to preserve any right to be reimbursed for money that was supposed to be divided between them if either of them died.
However, the judge reportedly rejected two conditions requested by Ye’s team: one preventing Kardashian from transferring any assets she had in trust, and another requiring her to waive “marital privilege” if she remarries (meaning her new spouse could be called to testify about communications with her, particularly those involving her and Ye’s children).
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Since Kardashian filed for divorce in February 2021, the Skims shapewear founder and “Jeen-Yuhs” star have been feuding. Even as Ye has lashed out at Kardashian over parenting issues and dated multiple people, including actor Julia Fox, he has repeatedly made public pleas that their family will be restored.
Kardashian, who has been dating “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson, recently told the court that she “very much desire[s] to be divorced” and that her estranged husband’s social media posts about their split have caused “emotional distress.”
According to TMZ, Ye hired Samantha Spector, who represented Nicole Young in her divorce from rap mogul Dr. Dre, this week. (Dre was represented by Kardashian’s lawyer, the so-called disso queen — as in “dissolution of marriage” — Laura Wasser.) Before that, Ye allegedly fired four attorneys.
Kardashian and Ye began dating in 2012, while she was still divorced from her second husband, Kris Humphries. That December, she revealed she was expecting West’s child.
Kardashian’s divorce from Humphries took so long to resolve — the 72-day marriage was followed by a 19-month divorce — that her baby shower was held the day before her divorce was finalized in June 2013. North, the couple’s daughter, was born shortly after.
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On Kardashian’s 33rd birthday in October, West proposed with a 15-carat diamond ring while a 50-piece orchestra played in the baseball stadium he had rented.
Their extravagant Italian wedding took place a few months later, in May 2014. They later had three more children: Saint, Chicago, and Psalm.
