Hollywood
veteran
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
and
senior
journalist
Maria
Shriver
have
officially
divorced
after
over
a
decade
of
separation.
According
to
TMZ,
the
divorce
was
mediated
by
a
private
judge
who
signed
off
on
the
final
paperwork
earlier
this
month.
However,
according
to
the
outlet,
the
Los
Angeles
Superior
Court
system
required
a
sitting
judge
to
submit
the
case,
which
took
place
on
Tuesday
morning.
It
is
said
that
much
of
the
delay
in
the
divorce
was
due
to
the
former
couple's
complex
property
settlement
agreement.
Arnold,
74,
and
Maria,
66,
will
likely
split
their
estimated
USD
400
million
fortune
equally.
The
duo,
who
married
in
1986
and
share
four
children
--
Katherine,
32,
Christina,
30,
Patrick
28,
and
Christopher,
24
--
did
not
have
a
prenuptial
agreement
in
place.
The
"Terminator" star's
marriage
to
Maria
broke
down
in
2011
when
he
admitted
he
had
fathered
a
child,
Joseph,
now
24,
with
the
family's
one-time
housekeeper
Mildred
Baena.
Joseph's
resemblance
to
Arnold
led
Maria
to
question
Mildred
about
her
son's
paternity,
who
eventually
confessed
the
truth
to
the
journalist.
Soon
after,
Arnold
and
Maria
decided
to
part
ways.
Since
their
separation
the
duo
has
dated
other
people
and
they
continue
to
be
a
close
unit
as
family.
The
former
couple
has
also
often
been
photographed
with
Joseph,
who
currently
works
in
real
estate.