The couple, along with their children which include a set of twins and a set of sextuplets, became famous for their TLC reality show Jon & Kate Plus Eight. They’ve come under a lot of fire over the last year or so from family and fans for exploiting the children for money.

On Wednesday an arbitrator ruled how the parents would divide real estate and other assets, and Kate’s attorney confirmed that Kate “will continue to reside with all eight of her children in the former marital home” in Wernersville, Pennsylvania. A judge signed the official divorce papers today.

About the divorce, Kate says: “I am very relieved that our divorce has been finalized, and I look forward to the New Year, focusing on the children. On behalf of myself and my legal team, I want to express my deep appreciation to the Judge and his staff, as well as to the arbitrator, for resolving this case. This has been a challenging transition for all of us, but I am confident that we will move ahead with the important task of restructuring our lives.”

Looks like Jon can officially start dating again — oh, wait!

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This is a show that took off I think more than anyone thought it would. Out of nowhere, this real life story about having 8 kids was made into a reality tv show and viewers went crazy. I’m not sure if it was the fact whether no one could believe she was to have sextuplets, or that it was just a fascinating story, but whatever the case, Jon and Kate both grew very popular. I would almost go as close to saying they become famous, which is probably why they hit rock bottom. I think that is fair to say but the publicity and media is enough for people to go down if they do not know how to handle it. That is exactly what happened in this situation. Not to mention, it got a little bit to Kate’s head. Have you seen her 10 years ago compared to her pictures now? After all, Kate was the one who wanted to remain committed to their TV career where as Jon recently told PEOPLE he wanted a less high-profile life.

What I think is so sad is that the kids have not spent ONE day not being on television. Their entire life has been on tv and displayed to the public. I understand that they got good money for this and was very helpful to this, but revealing their kids privacy for their entire lives makes this a completly different story and I think very unfair. Especially with an outcome like this. What are the kids to do now? They only know what it’s like to be on tv let alone having a mother and father. Have Jon and Kate always been unhappy and just putting on a show this whole time for the public? or do you think they really were in love and gradually just wore down through season after season? Not to mind you have to handle 8 kids. That’ s a lot of work!

Their entire past must have made life boring and so ’set’ it’s no surprise that both Jon and Kate had a ‘wandering eye’. Jon had photos and there was talk of him being with a 23- year old school teacher, where as Kate had been seen with their bodyguard in close counters. They admitted they had problems and was unsure where their relationship was headed, and yesterday we got the scoop of exactly what direction that is.

My heart goes to those 8 children, and only hope this is treated in the ‘best’ – worst cast scenario.

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