Melinda and Bill Gates: Divorce is now official

Melinda and Bill Gates
Divorce is now official

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Melinda Gates got divorced after around 27 years of marriage.

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According to a report, the divorce of Melinda and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is official. Melinda wants to keep her last name.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (65) and Melinda Gates (56) are now officially divorced. That reports the US celebrity portal “TMZ”. Accordingly, the responsible judge signed the relevant documents.

From the court documents that are supposed to be available to the side, it emerges that neither of the two receives maintenance. Melinda also keeps her last name. The common property was divided as in the previously concluded separation agreement. The ex-spouses have three children together: daughters Jennifer (25), Phoebe (18) and son Rory (22). Since all three are of legal age, custody and maintenance for the children were not an issue.

Marriage-out after 27 years

Bill and Melinda Gates announced in a joint statement on May 3rd that they wanted to end their marriage after 27 years. They got married in 1994. “After careful consideration and a lot of work on our relationship, we made the decision to end our marriage,” the two had in a statement on Twitter among other things explained.

There was much and intense speculation about the reasons for the marriage after the statement. US media report among other things from an alleged affair of the Microsoft co-founder.

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