The Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin Divorce

In February 2002, Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin officially divorced in Los Angeles. Today, they share legal custody over their daughter, Ireland Eliesse. After a lot of controversies regarding the settlement, it seems that they finally found peace in their own separate ways.    


In divorce records, Alec Baldwin or Alexander Rae Baldwin III is labeled as a multi-awarded American actor. He is most notable as the eldest of the Baldwin brothers who are all great actors as well. Baldwin has starred in several famous movies like 30 Rock, The Shadow and The Aviator and has hosted several shows as well including Saturday Night Live for thirteen times. Kim Basinger is a former fashion model and also an award-winning American actress who starred in many lovable films. In marriage divorce records, they were both in the film The Marrying Man in 1991 and fell in love in the set. They married on August 19, 1993 and starred in a couple of films which didn't quite make it to the box office.

Data about Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin from Divorce Records

The couple had been living separately since December 2000 then Kim Basinger finally filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2001. This is where the open and very controversial issues regarding the popular couple's personal lives began to unravel and kept in public divorce records. Irreconcilable differences were the main citation that spurred the couple to part separate ways. Basinger was known to be an agoraphobic wherein she suddenly has panic attacks in public areas or in the midst of several people which strained the relationship to a degree.

According to divorce records search, the couple had been living a rather good life and had a beautiful daughter in 1995, Ireland. However, things started to get rocky when Basinger usually had a hard time understanding her husband. Baldwin, on the other hand, comments that his wife was always exaggerating due to her behavioral problem. Basinger accused Baldwin of being an abusive being in the house while the latter responds by saying that she always wanted things in disorder and had a way of finding something to argue about. Their daughter was one of the most usual topics of their debates and arguments.

Divorce Records Aftermath

The couple finally lived separately in 2000. Basinger petitioned for divorce a year later and the decision was finalized in 2002. The aftereffects of the divorce were even more controversial than the divorce itself since both parties continued to publicly fight over the court's decision of custody over their daughter. The initial plan was that Basinger will have custody over Ireland and Baldwin will share in legal custody as well as have visitation rights.

However, Baldwin kept on complaining that Basinger allegedly alienates his daughter from him, which spurred him to take more legal actions for custody. In 2007, he recently left his daughter a disturbing voicemail, which again fanned the flames in the divorce records. Basinger's parents joined in to fight back the anguish presented falsely by Baldwin. It seems that up to now, the Basinger-Baldwin case is not as closed as it should be. The divorce was Basinger's second and Baldwin's first.

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