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Singer Usher's divorce finalised
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R&B singer Usher's divorce from his wife has been finalised.
Fulton County Superior Court spokeswoman Jada Hudspeth said a final decree in the divorce case was issued on Wednesday.
Usher, whose real name is Usher Raymond IV, filed for divorce from Tameka Raymond on June 12. He claimed there was "no reasonable hope of reconciliation" and the marriage was "irretrievably broken".
Lawyers for both declined to comment.
The couple have two young sons, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Ely Raymond. Usher was seeking joint custody of the boys, but it was not immediately clear whether a custody arrangement had been reached.
The couple married in August 2007 in a lavish ceremony just outside Atlanta in front of about 200 people.
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