Documents from the court show that Valerie Bertinelli and Tom Vitale have finished their divorce. They agreed to get a divorce and filed a proposed judgment on Tuesday. Both sides and their lawyers have signed the 12-page document.
According to the papers, the Food Network star will pay her ex-husband $2.2 million “in full, final, and complete settlement and satisfaction of any and all claims between them.” As “set forth in the Prenuptial Agreement,” neither Bertinelli nor Vitale will get any money from the other.
On Tuesday, Bertinelli posted a video from the airport, where she was on her way to see her son, musician Wolfgang Van Halen, age 31. “Just now, my lawyer called. The documents have all been signed. They will soon be filed, “she told me.
Added Bertinelli: “On 11/22/22, I will be divorced for real. Happy to be separated. Finally. It’s over at last.” She said “Yes!” at the end of the video. Bertinelli also wrote “happily divorced” on top of her video.
The Hot in Cleveland star filed for divorce in May, six months after filing for a legal separation in November 2021. Documents that People got at the time show that Hank Goldberg, a private judge, settled the case. This includes the issue of spousal support and attorney fees, as well as the two separate proceedings for the Validity of the Premarital Agreement. Bertinelli and Vitale did not show up in court.
After the Golden Globe winner filed for divorce from Vitale, he asked for spousal support in June, according to documents filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by PEOPLE at the time.
11.22.22 second best day of my life pic.twitter.com/Il73nVoP9A
— valerie bertinelli (@Wolfiesmom) November 23, 2022
According to the papers, Vitale also tried to stop Bertinelli from asking for spousal support and questioned whether or not their prenuptial agreement was legal.
Court records obtained by People show that Bertinelli filed a 13-page request in July to separate her marital status from financial issues in her and Tom Vitale’s divorce. This was in response to her ex-challenge husband of their premarital agreement. Bertinelli wanted “an early and separate trial on the issue of the validity of Premarital Agreement,” according to court documents.
In the end, Bertinelli’s request led to a trial that was separate from any other divorce issues. She did this after Vitale asked in early July for $50,000 per month in spousal support and $200,000 in legal fees, according to the records.
Bertinelli’s request said that the “waiver of temporary and permanent spousal support” in their premarital agreement, which they signed before they got married in 2010, was the reason they shouldn’t have to pay her money.
Bertinelli said that they were getting a divorce because they had “irreconcilable differences” in the papers she filed with the court.
Bertinelli married Vitale in 2011 on New Year’s Day at their Malibu home on a cliff. They had been dating for a few years. Her brother Patrick put them together. Bertinelli gave away the shoes she wore on her wedding day not long ago.
“Dropped off a few things with @therealreal,” Bertinelli, 62, wrote as the caption for a set of photos that included a pair of brown Jimmy Choo heels with diamond studs. Bertinelli also seemed to be holding two wedding bands in front of a classic Tiffany & Co. box in the photo.
She said, “I have a couple of Tiffany rings that remind me of bad times and a pair of shoes I wore to a wedding in January 2011; they should be up in a couple of weeks!”
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