Singer Adele finalises divorce, shares custody of child but no spousal support

Adele will share custody of her eight-year-old son and won’t be paying child support to her now-ex-husband Simon Konecki. Photo: AP

Pop musician Adele and philanthropist Simon Konecki have finalised their divorce.

According to documents obtained Wednesday (March 10) by the Associated Press, Adele and Konecki have agreed to share legal and physical custody of their eight-year-old son, Angelo, and neither will receive spousal support.

Additionally, the 32-year-old Someone Like You hitmaker has declined to pay child support to her 46-year-old ex-husband, who also has a daughter from a previous marriage.

After meeting in 2011 – around the time Adele released her hit album 21 – the Grammy winner and Konecki welcomed a baby boy in 2012.

And during one of her acceptance speeches at the 2017 Grammy Awards, Adele confirmed her marriage to Konecki by referring to him as her husband.

In 2019, Adele filed a divorce petition in Los Angeles Superior Court a few months after the couple announced their breakup.

Konecki is the founder of Drop4Drop, a nonprofit organisation that provides resources to communities around the world without access to clean water.

"Adele and her partner have separated," her representatives told the AP in 2019. "They are committed to raising their son together lovingly. As always they ask for privacy."

Last year, Adele made headlines by hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live, during which she made light of her musical hiatus and recent weight loss.

In a sketch spoofing ABC's popular dating competition program The Bachelor, Adele joked about her reputation while pining for a leading man played by SNL cast member Beck Bennett.

"I'm Adele Atkins. I'm 32. You may know me for being the singer Adele," she said during the skit.

"I'm here because I had a lot of heartbreak in life, first at 19, then sort of famously at 21 and then ever more famously at 25.... I have a really good feeling about Ben K. It's only night one, but I can already tell he's going to be the next love of my life."

The Skyfall singer, who has been working on her next album, last debuted new music in 2015 with her studio collection 25, including smash singles Hello, When We Were Young and Water Under the Bridge.

And in January, the recording artist celebrated the 10-year anniversary of 21, the album that swept the 2012 Grammy Awards and made her famous with earworms such as Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You, Rumour Has It and Set Fire to the Rain. – Los Angeles Times/Tribune News Service