Anthony Anderson and Alvina Stewart attend the Critics Choice Association Presents The 4th Annual Celebration Of Black Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on December 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Alberto E. Rodriguez/FilmMagic
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Anthony Andersonand his ex-wifeAlvina Stewart Andersonhave settledtheir divorce.
Per the documents, theblack-ishactor, 53, willpay his ex-wife spousal supportas well as cover her attorney fees.
She filed to dismiss the divorce petition in January 2017. According toE! News, they appeared to reconcile their marriage at the time.
Then, on March 25, 2022, Alvina filed fordivorce for a second time. She cited the date of the former couple’s separation as “TBD.” At the time, she sought out spousal support in her filing and requested that Anthony pay her attorney’s fees.
Anthony Anderson and Alvina Anderson.VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty
Alvina also requested that property acquired throughout the marriage be treated as “community” property, all of which she wanted to be divided between the exes. Items listed under separate property included “all gifts and inheritance, all assets, earnings, accumulations, and debts” she acquired before entering the marriage.
Shortly after,Anthony responded to her requestfor divorce and listed their date of separation as Feb. 25, 2022 and indicated irreconcilable differences as the cause of their split.
TheformerLaw & Orderstareventuallyagreed to pay Alvina spousal supportand the estranged couple mutually decided to sell their Encino, California, property and split the profits evenly between them.
Anthony Anderson and Alvina Anderson.Frazer Harrison/Getty
The court also ordered Anthony to co-sign with his wife on a 12-month lease “so that she may secure alternate housing.”
Anthony and Alvina wed on their 10-year anniversary in September 1999. They share two children: daughter Kyra, 26, and son Nathan, 22.
“My sophomore year, her freshman year, I knew a girl who lived in the apartment, so I went to knock on the door to invite her to this party that me and my buddies were having. My wife answered the door. I was like, ‘I was coming to invite Stacey to this party we’re having.’ Stacey didn’t show up, but my wife did – and we have been together ever since that night,” he toldParadein December. “And I was just me: I got there early, she didn’t see nobody else, she was, ‘All right, I’m gonna rock out with this dude!'”
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Added Anthony, “We got married on our 10-year anniversary. She’s quiet, I’m loud. Opposites attract.”
source: people.com
