Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are officially divorced after a Tennessee judge dissolved their 19-year marriage this week, according to court action reported by The Associated Press.
Australian broadcaster ABC also reported that the judge found the couple’s settlements on asset-splitting and child custody were sufficient to grant the divorce, and that both parties waived their right to appear at the hearing.
What “dividing the fortune” actually means
The key point is this: the public does not get a full itemized list of every asset, value, and transfer.
What reputable reporting does indicate is that Kidman and Urban reached a settlement that covers property and financial issues, and that a judge signed off on it.
E! News, citing documents it said it obtained, reported that the former couple agreed to waive child and spousal support, and that property would be divided “to the mutual satisfaction of the parties,” with each maintaining ownership of their possessions.
Entertainment Weekly similarly reported that both waived child and spousal support rights and that each is responsible for their own legal fees and expenses.
The custody arrangement, in broad strokes
Kidman and Urban share two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.
ABC reported that the parenting plan they signed states Kidman will be the primary residential parent.
People also reported, citing court documents, that the former couple waived rights to child and spousal support as part of the finalized settlement.
Where the R3.4 billion figure comes from
The “R3.4 billion fortune” framing is best understood as a media estimate, not a court-certified total.
In most celebrity divorce coverage, the biggest number in the headline is usually drawn from outside valuations of earnings and property holdings, not from a public balance sheet released by the court. That is why one outlet might cite a combined fortune and another might cite a property portfolio, and neither figure will be identical.
If you want to translate R3.4 billion into dollars for international readers, it is roughly $208 million using the South African Reserve Bank’s published rand-per-US-dollar rate around the time the divorce was finalized. Exchange rates move daily, so any conversion should be treated as an approximation.
So who gets what
Here is what credible coverage supports, without guesswork:
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Support: Multiple outlets reporting from court documents say no spousal support and no child support were part of the agreement.
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Legal costs: Reports say each party covers their own legal fees and expenses.
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Assets: The settlement includes an agreed approach to splitting assets, but the public-facing description is high-level (for example, property divided by mutual agreement), not a detailed breakdown.
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Custody: A judge accepted the parenting plan, with Kidman described as the primary residential parent in coverage.
Why do some reports focus on real estate
Real estate is visible, headline-friendly, and easier to “value” from the outside than private investments or contractual income. That is why some coverage leans hard into “property empire” language even when the court settlement itself is described more generally.
Separately, Reuters reported on the couple’s separation in 2025, reflecting how widely the story circulated across major news outlets at the time.
The bottom line
If you want to write this like a real newsroom, keep it tight and sourced:
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The divorce is final, confirmed by AP and ABC.
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The settlement includes waivers on support and an agreed division of property and assets, as reported by outlets citing court documents.
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The “R3.4 billion” figure is an estimate used for framing, not a verified court total, and any currency conversion should be dated and attributed to an exchange-rate source.
