Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton: Country Music's Royal Divorce That Cost Just $193 in Filing Fees

What Happened

When Blake Shelton filed for divorce from Miranda Lambert on July 6, 2015, in Oklahoma, country music fans were stunned. The couple had been together for nearly a decade, married for four years, and were considered Nashville royalty. Just fourteen days later, on July 20, a judge signed off on the divorce. The court filing fee: $193. It was one of the fastest celebrity divorces on record.

The speed was made possible by three factors: Oklahoma's no-mandatory-waiting-period law, a prenuptial agreement that predetermined the division of assets, and the absence of children. Lambert kept the Nashville-area home, while Shelton kept their sprawling Oklahoma ranch. They divided their dogs — Lambert kept rescue poodles Jessie and Waylon, while Shelton kept Delilah. The entire court file was sealed by Judge John Garner, who ruled that the couple's privacy outweighed the public's interest.

Despite the clean legal break, the emotional fallout was anything but quick. Both Lambert and Shelton channeled their pain into music. Lambert's albums Platinum and The Weight of These Wings explored heartbreak and independence. Shelton's If I'm Honest became the best-selling country album of 2016 and included thinly veiled songs about the marriage. Mutual cheating allegations swirled for years, though neither party publicly confirmed infidelity.

Shelton quickly began a relationship with Gwen Stefani, whom he met as a fellow coach on The Voice, and they married in 2021. Lambert married Brendan McLoughlin, a New York City police officer, in 2019. The Lambert-Shelton divorce demonstrated that with proper planning, the legal process of ending a marriage can be swift and relatively painless, even if the emotional recovery takes much longer.

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