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Published 11:38 29 Dec 2021 GMT
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver are officially divorced over a decade after going their separate ways.
A sitting judge entered the divorce into the court system on Tuesday, December 28, at LA Superior Court after a private judge signed off on the divorce earlier in December 2021, TMZ reports.
The split was mediated by the private judge, but a sitting judge was needed to enter it into the court system for it to be official.
The pair famously remained estranged for years after the journalist filed for divorce on July 1, 2011, following news he fathered a child - Joseph Baena - with their housekeeper Mildred Patricia 'Patty' Baena.
The divorce rumbled on for a decade due to lack of motivation and a complex property settlement agreement, according to TMZ.
The couple had a reported net worth of over $400 million but had to divide that in half as they had no prenup, according to The Blast.
The outlet reports that the exes were ultimately able to divide their fortune in half fairly evenly, but the exact settlement remains confidential.
Joseph was born on October 2, 1997, only a few days after Maria gave birth to the couple's fourth child, Christopher. But it wasn't until May of 2011 that it was revealed that the housekeeper's child was his.
The Terminator star was not aware Joseph was his son until seven or eight years after he was born.
Shriver was reportedly devastated because she was friends with the maid, who had been working in their LA home for many years, and trusted her.
When asked about Maria filing for divorce and how he's had time to reflect in a 2017 interview with OBJECTified, the former governor said: "I do not need any time to reflect, when I know it was a major, major screw up."
Maria and Arnold married in 1986 and did not have a prenup. They have four children together: Katherine, 32, Christina, 30, Patrick, 28, and Christopher, 24.
Joseph is now 24-years-old and is close to his action star dad, with the pair often hitting the gym together and sharing their sessions to Instagram.
Despite their split, the exes remained cordial over the years and have both moved on romantically.
