Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson’s divorce isn’t finalized yet, but it seems that there’s a serious financial beef between them. Turner-Smith is alleging that her ex hasn’t paid child or spousal support since their split in October 2023.
The former couple, who share a daughter, Juno Rose Diana, 4, were married for four years from 2019 until 2023. According to court documents obtained by TMZ on Monday, Dec. 23, Turner-Smith is seeking temporary monthly payments from Jackson to the tune of $8,543 for child support and $28,641 in spousal support until the final agreement is reached. The 38-year-old actress initially wasn’t asking for spousal support when she filed last year but has since changed her mind.
Turner-Smith is represented by high-powered celebrity divorce attorney Laura Wasser, who has a reputation for getting her Hollywood clients a fair deal, but that also comes at a cost. The Bad Monkey star would like the court to order Jackson to pay her $250,000 tab for her attorney and forensic costs. Turner-Smith stated in the court documents that her ex-husband “promised to always support me and ensured me that I would not have to worry about financial security for our daughter if we ever separated because he said he understood how difficult life can be as a Black woman and a single mother.”
She believes that Jackson wants her to settle for less by “reneging on that promise.” This is a significant turn of events in their divorce since Turner-Smith has only spoken positively about their co-parenting experience.
“It’s an adjustment period for anyone when they split up with someone, because you’re used to being with your child all the time,” she told Glamour in October. “But nobody hands you a manual. Everyone’s trying to figure it out. Each parent has a different life, and especially if the reason why you’re splitting up is because you have different lives, it’s only further complicated by how you’re going to co-parent.”
Still, Turner-Smith might have been hinting about their challenges in a November interview with Entertainment Tonight. “You’ve got to just think about your kids,” she explained. “And when you’re parenting in the public eye, everything that you do – eventually, there’s a record of it. You don’t want your kids to read anything and think anything.” It feels like a warning to Jackson that their child support battle could go public — and it did.
Jackson has not shared a statement about the recent filing, but the pressure is on over the holiday season.
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