Jeff Gordon Divorce Settlement

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Introduction to Jeff Gordon Divorce Settlement

Jeff or Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional race car driver in the United States. The highlights of his career are as follows.

  • 4 time NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion (now named as Sprint Cup)
  • 3 time Daytona 500 winner
  • In 2009, he became the first driver to earn 100 million USD in winnings

When Jeff won a Busch race, he met Brooke Sealey for the first time. At that time, Sealey was a college student. On 26th November 1994, this pair got married in North Carolina. After 7 years of peaceful married life, Brooke filed for divorce in 2002. She mentioned marital discord as the ground of divorce.

Terms of Jeff Gordon Divorce Settlement

  • Jeff gave Brooke 15.3 million USD
  • Brooke waived her claim for alimony

Jeff and Brooke underwent a mediation session that lasted for 12 hours. At the conclusion of this session, the divorce settlement was prepared.

When Brooke had filed for divorce, she had demanded the following.

  • An airplane
  • Periodic use of the couple's boats
  • 2 cars
  • Alimony
  • The couple's oceanfront home that was estimated at 9 million USD

As per the court documents, Brooke was guaranteed of the 15.3 million USD as it was decided to sell 2 properties. One of this was the oceanfront home in Highland Beach that had an area of 23,095 square feet.

In the initial court filings, Jeff stated that his worth was 48.8 million USD and his earning in the year 2001 were more than 18 million USD. Further, Brooke argued that Jeff was worth more money. Her lawyers stated that Jeff's correct worth should be found by examining the contracts car owners had with drivers and sponsors. Jeff also owned a stake in Hendrick Motorsports.

As per the divorce laws in Florida, the assets that have been collected in marital life needed to be split evenly. Regarding this point, Jeff made a statement that he risked his life to amass the assets and hence splitting them evenly is not a correct method.

Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage

This judgment was issued in the circuit court of the 15th judicial circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida. This had the following information.

  • Jennifer Brooke Gordon: Petitioner
  • Jeffery M. Gordon: Respondent
  • Case No: 2002-DR-2753 FY Family Division
  • This couple does not have any children from this marriage and there is no contemplation of any issue

This judgment serves as a first lien on behalf of Brooke regarding the following issues.

  • For an amount of 1.35 million USD or any greater amount that is required as per the Marital Settlement Agreement, on the real property owned by Jeff that can be described as follows
    • Lot 5, Block 5, Seagate Extension

  • For an amount of 14 million USD or a greater amount as required by the Marital Settlement Agreement, on the real property owned by Jeff, that matches the following legal description
    • Lot 10 less the north 25 feet and the north 50 feet of Lot 11, Byrd Beach

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