Christina Aguilera Finalizes Divorce from Jordan Bratman

Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman have finalized their divorce, which will be made official on April 15, according to court papers. Aguilera, a 30-year-old Grammy-winning pop singer, and Bratman, a 33-year-old music marketer, married on Nov. 19, 2005. They have a 3-year-old son, Max. Aguilera filed for divorce in the fall of 2010. She stated that the couple separated legally on September 11 and listed irreconcilable differences as the cause of the split.

Recently Bratman filed new papers in a bid to try and get their divorce finalized sooner. According California law where they both reside it takes six months for a divorce to become official. In his filing, made at a Los Angeles court it states that Bratman and Aguilera have worked out a private agreement over legal and physical custody of their son, spousal support and the division of their properties, assets and debts.

Aguilera and Bratman signed a prenuptial agreement when they married and the singer had previously requested that all of her earnings, even those made while she was married to him, are treated as her own property during the divorce proceedings. Prior to Bratman's filing, she had asked for joint custody of Max and that the court deny her husband spousal support from her. Bratman has requested that the court's ability to award spousal support to Aguilera, who is worth some $60 million, be terminated.