Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are navigating their divorce whereas nonetheless placing household first.
The pair spent a “enjoyable lunch” with their children on the Polo Lounge on the Beverly Hills Lodge in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 14, lower than a month after Lopez, 55, filed for divorce from Affleck, 52, a supply tells PEOPLE.
Affleck’s youngsters, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, in addition to Lopez’s twins, Emme and Max, 16, had been all part of the afternoon outing. (Affleck can be a dad to Violet, 18, who’s a freshman in faculty. He shares all three children with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, whereas Lopez shares her youngsters with ex-husband Marc Anthony.)
“All of them got here collectively for a enjoyable lunch so the children may hang around,” the insider says. “[Jennifer’s] attempting to be pleasant with Ben. They’re nonetheless shifting ahead with the divorce although. They’re figuring out monetary particulars amicably.”Â
The supply provides: “A divorce is rarely simple, however Jennifer would not need to be egocentric about it. The youngsters all the time bought alongside and have enjoyable collectively. It makes her completely satisfied seeing the children completely satisfied collectively. Blissful children are her precedence.”
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Lopez’s outing with Affleck comes lower than a month after the singer and actress filed for divorce from The Accountant 2 star on Aug. 20.
The date marked the second anniversary of the pair’s conventional marriage ceremony ceremony in Georgia. They initially married in Las Vegas on July 17, 2022.
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Lopez filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket and listed April 26, 2024, because the date of separation. She filed for divorce herself with out utilizing a lawyer and was technically self-represented. The rationale for the cut up was cited as irreconcilable variations.
The Atlas star requested no spousal help for both occasion, and a supply informed PEOPLE that the exes did not tie the knot with a prenuptial settlement in place. The papers additionally indicated that Affleck and Lopez would cut up lawyer’s charges, and that Lopez needs her final identify restored.
Lopez and Affleck famously rekindled their romance in 2021, over 17 years after they had been engaged and postponed a deliberate September 2003 marriage ceremony.
They formally broke up for the primary time in January 2004, although they remained pleasant within the decade-plus between.
This summer season, Lopez and Affleck hung out away from one another on reverse coasts. Then, earlier this month, Lopez attended the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition (TIFF) in promotion of her forthcoming movie Unstoppable. Affleck, who’s a producer on the mission, opted to skip the annual movie occasion.
Lopez and Affleck have additionally been coping with actual property conditions amid their cut up. Again in June, they had been quietly procuring their shared $68 million Beverly Hills mansion off-market, although they determined to publicly listing the house the next month. (They bought the property in June 2023 for slightly below $61 million.)
Affleck has since bought a brand new home for himself for $20.5 million, whereas Lopez has been searching for a brand new residence in Los Angeles since April.