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Kelly Clarkson Gets Montana Ranch in Divorce, Her Ex- Still Lives There

As the Kelly Clarkson / Brandon Blackstock divorce gets stickier by the day, news surfaces that Kelly will get the couple’s Montana Ranch, which Blackstock is currently residing in. People reported…

Kelly Clarkson Gets Montana Ranch in Divorce
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As the Kelly Clarkson / Brandon Blackstock divorce gets stickier by the day, news surfaces that Kelly will get the couple's Montana Ranch, which Blackstock is currently residing in.

People reported that a judge has ruled that the ranch belongs to Clarkson, despite arguments from the singer's ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, according to documents filed in Los Angeles on October 1. 

Blackstock claimed the home was "marital property" — but according to the judge, the residence falls within the former couple's prenup, and since Clarkson bought it with her money, it's hers.

The papers read that "The Court further finds that the Montana Ranch and the other two Montana properties are not titled in both of the Parties' names either as joint tenants with right of survivorship or as tenants by the entireties, as required under the PMA to create a marital property."

Blackstock reportedly contested the prenup, arguing that any income earned during the seven years he and Clarkson were married should be split between the two.

You may remember the couple was living in the Montana ranch during the pandemic and Kelly did many of her talk show episodes from there.

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