Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, has reached a settlement in her divorce with ex-husband, Richard Lawson.
The settlement, reported by Folks on Friday August 16, comes 13 months after Knowles, 70, filed papers in July 2023 following eight years of marriage to the actor, 77.
Knowles filed the authorized paperwork on July 26, 2023, based on paperwork obtained by Us Weekly — simply sooner or later after the listed day of separation. Knowles cited irreconcilable variations as the rationale for the cut up.
The papers added that the “irremediable breakdown of the wedding [made] it unimaginable for the events to dwell collectively as husband and spouse.”
Tina Knowles and Richard Lawson’s eight-year-long marriage got here to an finish in July 2023. 4 years earlier than she tied the knot with Lawson in April 2015, Tina finalized her divorce from ex-husband Mathew Knowles in December 2011, citing the reasoning behind their cut up as “discord or battle of personalities,” which “prevents any cheap expectation of […]
Knowles and Lawson wed in 2015 in Newport, California. The twosome tied the knot onboard a 140-foot yacht in an intimate ceremony.
Knowles’ daughters Beyoncé, 42, and Solange, 38, have been in attendance. Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z, 54, and their eldest daughter, Blue Ivy, 12, have been additionally there to witness the massive day.
Previous to their marriage and subsequent divorce, Knowles and Lawson have been platonic pals for many years earlier than issues finally turned romantic.
Tina Knowles and Richard Lawson (Picture by Arnold Turner/Getty Pictures for Boris Kodjoe)
Knowles gushed over her then-husband throughout an look on the Taron Corridor Present in 2022.
“I’ve identified Richard for 40 years, and after we reconnected, it was simply, I felt like, a present from God,” she recalled. “I actually imply that as a result of I prayed. After I went by means of a divorce, it was fairly devastating after 33 years, and I at all times deliberate on, if it was in God’s plan, to get married once more as a result of I like being married. I like being in a relationship. Nevertheless it was fairly scary for a minute, however he got here again into my life and has been great.”
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Following their nuptials, Lawson had additionally gushed over Knowles by way of a submit on his Instagram tales, recalling the previous 39 years of understanding her.
“I assumed you have been one of the lovely ladies I had ever met. Breathtaking.!!” Lawson wrote on the time.
He added: “The factor that was so putting was that your magnificence continued to be enhanced by your unbelievable coronary heart, compassion, empathy, generosity, and philanthropy. You have been pregnant with Beyonce on the time, and married, so my unbelievable attraction for you then, may solely dwell in my fantasy. As we remained pals all through the years, I took nice pleasure in observing you change into the final word mom, particularly to your personal daughters, but in addition for the best way you take care of and nurture ladies everywhere in the world.”
