Beyonce's mother is getting a divorce after eight years of marriage

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Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson, and her husband, Richard Lawson, are getting divorced.

The singer’s 69-year-old mom filed for divorce this week after eight years of marriage to the 76-year-old actor, with courtroom paperwork obtained by a number of retailers citing “irreconcilable variations” as the rationale for the break up.

Knowles-Lawson and Lawson separated on Tuesday, having tied the knot in April 2015. The previous beforehand glided by the identify Celestine Lawson and has requested her identify be modified again to Celestine Knowles.

The ex-couple don’t have any youngsters collectively. In addition to Beyoncé, Knowles-Lawson has Solange, 37, along with her first husband, Mathew Knowles.

The separation comes weeks after Knowles-Lawson had over $1 million price of money and jewelry stolen from her residence. The style designer was out of city when somebody from her crew stopped by her Los Angeles abode and found her total protected and its contents had been stolen, TMZ reported on July 9.

It’s unclear how the thieves obtained inside and eliminated the protected. And it wasn’t the primary time Knowles-Lawson has had an undesirable customer in current months. In April, a person was arrested for inflicting a disturbance and damaging her property, after he was caught standing on the entrance of her home throwing rocks at her mailbox.

Whereas police, together with a helicopter, headed for the scene, the person ran away however he was positioned by the chopper and, following a brief foot pursuit, he was taken into custody. Knowles-Lawson declined to press costs and even file a police report, regardless of harm to her mailbox.