Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have officially split just one day after their 10th wedding anniversary. The couple, who married on June 29, 2005, confirmed they are divorcing. The pair have three children together; Violet, nine, Seraphina, six, and Samuel, three.
In a joint statement, the couple said: 'After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce.
'We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time.
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'This will be our only comment on this private, family matter. Thank you for understanding.'
When it comes to splitting their assets, the duo - who are reputedly worth $150m - are reportedly using a mediator and business managers to work it all out before the divorce and will share custody of the kids, says TMZ.
The website reports that there is no prenup in place but they have both amassed a fairly equal amount of wealth where it is unlikely Garner will be granted spousal support.
While their 10-year-anniversary has now passed - which usually means a judge would give her more financial support due to the length of the marriage - TMZ reports their decision had nothing to do with it and claims she doesn't need support.
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Property at stake during the divorce will be the duo's LA ranch in Pacific Palisades, their Manhattan apartment, a ski chalet at Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana and their 83-acre estate on Hampton Island near Savannah, Georgia.
Extra have reported that the couple are committed to co-parenting their three children and Affleck is still living at home for the time-being.
The split announcement follows months of speculation about the state of their marriage.
In late May, numerous publications including OK! Magazine and National Enquirer reported that the pair's relationship was on the brink of collapse.
The Enquirer claimed they had already separated and were heading for a $150 million divorce.
A source told Us Weekly that the pair had tried to resolve their issues, by talking it out with a counselor, for a very long time.
'Jennifer and Ben have been in therapy for years,' the source said. 'They each go separately, and they also go together. When things are rough, they go more often'
Many had observed that they couple had been spending more and more time apart with the Gone Girl star spotted playing high-stakes poker for several hours in Las Vegas on May 3.
He was again spotted gambling in Sin City in the early hours of May 14 while his wife was in New York, suggesting that the actor had left the children with a babysitter.
Affleck's fondness for gambling became the subject of headlines last year when he was banned from a blackjack table in Las Vegas and was quick to deny rumours he had an addiction problem in an interview with Details magazine.
On Garner's birthday on April 17, Affleck was reportedly seen on a solo trip in Canada without his wedding ring.
But the pair put on a united front in June, making several public outings together with their children.
They were last pictured together on June 14 on a family trip to a farmer's market in Pacific Palisades.
Rumours of the split resurfaced on June 20 when moving vans were spotted outside the family home in the Palisades.
However, Giannetti Architects, a Los Angeles-based firm, dismissed speculation, confirming to MailOnline shortly after the sighting: 'Ben and Jennifer are renovating their main house, requiring moving trucks to move and store furniture accordingly for construction to begin.'
The actors have been keeping busy with their respective careers.
Lately, Garner has been filming Nine Lives in Montreal and Affleck has been busy with Suicide Squad in Toronto, Canada.
Garner discussed her marriage in early May, noting that her relationship required 'patience'.
'You just go on a ride together because you don't know who you're going to be when you first have a baby and you don't know who [your partner] is going to be,' she told Yahoo!.
She continued: 'You have to just hang in there while you figure it out - and have a lot of patience for each other.'
In 2013, Affleck thanked Garner for 'working' on their marriage while accepting the Best Picture Oscar for Argo.
The director's voice cracked as he gushed: 'It is work but it's the best kind of work and there is nobody else I would rather do that kind of work with.'
He went on to dedicate his Academy Award to the pair's three children.
But his career achievements came at a cost to his personal life.
In 2012 he admitted to being a workaholic who spent most of his time away from his family or distracted by his job.
He told Details magazine: in 'I am not very present in the rest of my life.
'My wife's very patient. She does everything.
'If I have time, I try to spend time with the kids, even if just to be a physical presence, the bath, whatever. But my mind's always going, 'How are we going to light that shot tomorrow?'"
Ben and Jennifer sparked a friendship on the set of 2001 flick Pearl Harbor and went on to star alongside each other in the 2003 film Daredevil.
Years later, Ben admitted he fell in love with Jennifer on the set of Daredevil - which was filmed over summer 2002 - in an interview with Playboy: 'That's where I found my wife. We met on Pearl Harbor, which people hate, but we fell in love on Daredevil.'
They started dating in late 2004 before getting engaged in April 2005, marrying two months later in a private ceremony in the Turks and Caicos while Jennifer was pregnant with their daughter Violet.
Ben has had a string of high profile relationships.
He romanced Gwyneth Paltrow in 1997 but they broke up after three years.
His image took a hit when he began dating Jennifer Lopez when they met on the set of the 2003 bomb Gigli.
They became the original Bennifer and he proposed with a pink diamond. They had plans to walk down the aisle in Malibu before a sudden split in 2004.
Meanwhile, Jennifer was previously married to Felicity and Scandal actor Scott Foley from 2000 until 2003.
She then became involved with her Alias co-star Michael Vartan, but they split after a year.
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