Whitney Houston divorces Bobby Brown · 2007-04-05 10:47
Whitney Houston’s 14-year marriage to Bobby Brown will officially end later this month and she will gain custody of the couple’s teenage daughter,
”>Mercury News web site informed.
The divorce will become final on April 24.
In court, Houston testified she did not need spousal or child support and that her 14-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, could not depend on Brown. Brown did not attend the hearing.
“He’s unreliable,” Houston told the judge. “If he says he’s going to come, sometimes he does. Usually he doesn’t.”
After the hearing, Houston declined to comment to reporters.
Brown’s attorney, Ram Cogan, said he will seek to overturn the judge’s decision.
Houston filed divorce papers in October, citing irreconcilable differences. She was granted a default judgment in December to speed up the divorce. Miller’s ruling Wednesday upheld the terms of that judgment.
Houston and Brown wed in 1992, when she was at the height of her fame as a Grammy-winning superstar known for hits such as “I Will Always Love You.”
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