Key detail holds up Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez divorce amid talks over $68m mansion

Affleck and JLO have parted again 20 years after the first time their relationship ended, and they are refusing to communicate with each other at this stage, according to TMZ. It’s reported that the fact the pair will not speak to each other is making it very difficult for them to come to an agreement over the settlement.

The report claims there is a prenup in force, but there is the not so small matter of their $68 million Beverly Hills mansion to arrange. Meanwhile, Affleck has already secured his new $20.5 million mansion in Brentwood, while JLO is house shopping for her own new pad.

Once they agree how to split the Beverly Hills estate, the pair are likely to have a quick divorce, and it’s reported that no lawyers have been hired, with the pair’s respective business managers reportedly handling the finances of the split.

That part, however, is taking some time because of the fact Affleck and Lopez will not engage in conversation with one another.

The aim, according to the report, is that lawyers will be hired once the settlement is agreed upon, solely to take care of the formalities so that a judge can sign the documents and everything can be wrapped up without any lengthy battle.

First, though, the pair are going to have to start speaking if they want to agree to that all-important settlement.

The couple – or former couple – are yet to release a statement to confirm their divorce, but their separation has been all-but confirmed after it emerged that JLO and Affleck are living apart already.

A source told the Daily Mail: “They finalized the divorce papers with her a month ago, but are waiting for the right time to drop them,’ one source close to the duo claimed. At that time, they will release a joint statement that will say how they have much love for each other and how they fought to make it work, but couldn’t.”