The countdown has been long -- two years to be exact -- but Beyonce's parents, Mathew and Tina Knowles, have finally ended their 31-year marriage.News of the split first surfaced in 2009 after it emerged that Mathew had fathered a child with former Scrubs actress Alexsandra Wright. (A DNA test later proved that the child was in fact his.)
Though the original divorce filing was dropped last year after both Mathew and Tina failed to appear in court, Tina filed a divorce petition again in August of this year, claiming that the marriage was "insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities which prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation,"
The final decree of divorce was issued last month in a Texas court.
Earlier this year, Mathew Knowles was accused of stealing money from Beyonce on a tour and taking funds to which he was not entitled.
Knowles refuted the claims while the singer ordered an audit of his Music World Entertainment company. The pair ended their management relationship in March.
Mathew had managed Beyonce’s career from a teen wannabe to girl group bandmember with Destiny’s Child to superstar solo singer.
He has been responsible for bringing in a lot of her lucrative advertising jobs including multi-million dollar jobs for L’Oreal, Tommy Hilfiger and Pepsi.
Tina worked as a stylist for Destiny’s Child throughout their fame and teamed up with her daughter to create the House Of Dereon fashion line in 2005.
Tina and Mathew, who married in a 1980, also have a younger daughter, singer Solange, 25.
Solange herself is divorced after splitting from husband Daniel Smith in 2007 after three years of marriage and a son Daniel Julez, seven.
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