Jennifer Lopez takes control.
Hours after the singer, 55, filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on Tuesday, Aug. 20, a source told PEOPLE exclusively that Lopez “stopped waiting.”
“She was really trying to make things work and she’s heartbroken,” the source added. “Children are the top priority, as they always have been.”
Multiple sources previously confirmed that Lopez, who is mother to 16-year-old twins Emma and Max, filed the petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court and listed their separation date as April 26, 2024.
Lopez and Affleck – who is father to Violet, 18, Seraphine, 15, and Samuel, 12 (with ex-wife Jennifer Garner) – spent much of the summer apart.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck relationship timeline
The news of the divorce comes two years after the couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Las Vegas on July 17, 2022. August 20 marked the second anniversary of their second ceremony, held in front of family and friends in Georgia.
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Jennifer Lopez in New York on April 26, the separation date listed in her divorce petition.
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Red carpet moments of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck through the years
Another insider close to Lopez tells PEOPLE that the star is ready to “move on” with Affleck, 52.
“She’s very disappointed and sad, but Ben hasn’t given her any signs that he wants to continue their marriage,” says the insider.
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez at the Los Angeles Special Screening of “Marry Me” on February 8, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
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Lopez and Affleck recently reunited for his 52nd birthday, which an insider told PEOPLE he spent at a small “celebration at home” with his kids.
“It’s exactly what he wanted. He didn’t want to go out to celebrate. The kids had presents for him, and it was sweet. Jennifer [Lopez] stopped by to congratulate him,” an insider told PEOPLE, adding that Garner also stopped by his Los Angeles rental earlier in the day.
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