After Jodie Turner-Smith filed for divorce from Joshua Jackson in 2023, they didn’t let their divorce drama spill out into the media for a long time. Jodie was very mature in how she spoke about the divorce in interviews last year, and Joshua mostly maintained a dignified silence. Then, last December, several issues came spilling out. Jodie accused Joshua of not paying child support or spousal support, and she also accused him of running up her legal bills and attempting to gain sole custody of their daughter Juno. We hadn’t heard anything in the months since then… until now. TMZ says that Joshua and Jodie have worked through almost all of their issues through mediation, but there’s one sticking point: Juno’s education.
Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith are on the same page when it comes to most of their divorce terms — but when it comes to grade school, they’re still going at it in court.
According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Joshua and Jodie have hammered out a divorce settlement. According to the docs, the couple used a mediator to come up with a temporary schedule to govern the 50-50 custody of their daughter, Juno.
What they can’t agree on is … where Juno’s gonna go to school, and now Jodie wants the judge to force Joshua to adhere to a court order that gives her the power to pick Juno’s elementary school.
In docs filed by her attorney, the disso queen Laura Wasser, Jodie says she wants their 5-year-old to move to a new school next year, but Josh is standing in the way. She says she researched the new school, conferred with Joshua about it and made sure it was close enough to his home — yet, she claims he’s refusing to get on board.
As for the other terms … Joshua will pay $2,787/month in child support, but no monthly spousal support — they settled on a lump sum. Jodie’s also asking him to pay $75K for her attorney fees in the school battle.
Interesting divorce terms… a lump sum settlement in lieu of spousal support, plus child support which is a very small fraction of what Joshua is bringing in annually (he’s currently the star of a popular network drama). I would assume the settlement was mostly used by Jodie to buy a house in LA, which is something she’s spoken about in several interviews. She wants to live somewhat close to Joshua so they can coparent and she wants her own space for Juno. I wonder if the California wildfires affected all of that too – Joshua’s house burned down, after all. As for Juno’s school… it’s elementary school, for the love of God! I know schools are competitive even at a young age, but why is this the sticking point??
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- Jodie Turner-Smith, Joshua Jackson attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Celebrating the 95th Annual Academy Awards Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California,Image: 762393092, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Jodie Turner-Smith, Joshua Jackson, Credit line: – / JPI Studios / Avalon
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- 2022 Met Gala celebrating ‘In America: An Anthology of Fashion’ – Arrivals Featuring: Jodie Turner-Smith, Joshua Jackson Where: New York, New York, United States When: 02 May 2022 Credit: John Nacion/startraksphoto.com/Cover Images
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- 2024 Disney Upfront Featuring: Joshua Jackson Where: New York, New York, United States When: 14 May 2024 Credit: Janet Mayer/INSTARimages.com
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- V&A Summer Party 2024, Celebrating ‘Naomi: In Fashion’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum Featuring: Jodie Turner-Smith Where: London, United Kingdom When: 19 Jun 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Celebrities arriving at Thom Browne show during PFW Haute Couture in Paris, France Featuring: Jodie Turner Smith Where: Paris, France When: 24 Jun 2024 Credit: Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Celebrities attend FX’s “Grotesquerie” New York Premiere Featuring: Joshua Jackson Where: New York, New York, United States When: 23 Sep 2024 Credit: Janet Mayer/INSTARimages.com
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- The Fashion Awards, presented by the British Fashion Council, at the Royal Albert Hall Featuring: Jodie Turner-Smith Where: London, United Kingdom When: 02 Dec 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Featuring: Jodie Turner-Smith Where: Beverly Hlls, California, United States When: 02 Mar 2025 Credit: Jennifer Bloc/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**
Well Eton is supposed to be the better school……. Oops wrong couple.
😂😂😂
Child support isn’t just a flat percentage — it’s negotiated based on creating equitable conditions in the two homes. Jodie has had a decent amount of work since filing for divorce (she had a starring role on The Agency, which got renewed for a second season), so the amount likely has less to do with what he’s making and more to do with how much more she’s making now.
California may be different but in Texas, child support is a flat percentage based upon the obligor’s monthly NET income, with a credit for any other children that the obligor is also paying c/s for. Typically, it’s 20% for one child. The Court can always deviate from the child support guidelines but it’s rare that the Court does so unless there’s a statutory consideration, like a child with disabilities. Again, that’s just in Texas though.
most states use a formula — Imagine if you are parent A in Texas earning 100k a year — and you pay 20k a year to Spouse B who makes 500k?
States use base income and overnights i.e. who has the child most often to factor into the equation — then comes things like education, healthcare etc.
I lost all my respect for him over the way that he has treated her and their child.
They have had 50/50 custody since the divorce was filed. He has been looking after her and supporting her, when she is with him. Jodie is the one who didn’t want to settle. He offered settlements, but she turned them down. Then decided to go to court, which is her right. The wanting sole custody thing, was when Jodie was in London filming, and wanted the four year old daughter in London over three months, while she was going to school in LA. They mediated that, to JJ looking after her full time and taking her to school. When Jodie finished filming it went back to 50/50 custody. According to Jodie’s expenses, it looks like JJ has been paying most of Juno’s expenses, since the divorce filing. This is all info from court documents.
He didn’t pay a dime of child support up until the divorce settlement – THAT’S what people are taking issue with. And it makes me look at him differently that since their split he hasn’t been taking care of his kid. I am glad they came to a settlement, but frankly he should have been made to pay back support as well.
but he has been taking care of his kid — physically as in his parenting time, time while she is away working, educationally, and financially. Because a parent (either parent) is not paying X amount to the other parent each month is not an indicator that they aren’t taking care of their child.
Me too. I loved him since his Pacey days. He seems so arrogant now.
He did not pay anything and neither did she because neither asked for it in the initial filling. It was only after she did not get the settlement she wanted that she pulled the support issue. It was sleazy and deliberate smear.
The judgement even notes there were no arrears. If you want support ask for it upfront. Trying to do a year later and back door and after the other parent had the child more than 50% of the time is just to up your settlement. I tell all my clients ask for everything up front that you think you are entitled to.
Also she listed no school or medical expenses just the 500 or so for childcare per month. So most likely he was paying those expenses.
People need do a better job of reading these filings. Just because one party spins something does not make it so
I can’t imagine getting so hung up in the weeds as needing a court order to pick a school for a 5 year old — and spending 75k fighting about it — first world problems.
Can’t help but think that 150k (because you know his side is spending too) would make a nice start to her college fund.
I thought it might be a country issue. Like she wants the child educated in the UK and he wants her educated in Canada?
Apparently he is concerned about the travel time to the new school. It could be anything from 10 minutes to more than an hour each way here in LA.
As a mom, I wonder if he takes the position that continuity is best for their daughter, hence remaining at her school and among her friends, while she thinks it best to switch to a school that has impressed her academically?
I can understand why the issue is a sticking point.
School is a big part of a child’s day-to-day life. Just because they’re disagreeing doesn’t mean it’s anything to do with one or the other wanting her to go to a ‘prestigious’ school. There are dozens of reasons they might be disagreeing. One might think cost is more important, while another might say proximity to his/her house is vital. Or like you say, maybe she knows kids at one school and not as many at another. Or maybe one thinks teachers at this school are better than the other one. Maybe she really wants to go to school X and one parents says sure, while the other doesn’t. Who knows.
The school sticking point could be the type of program, for example maybe it’s Montessori and he prefers Waldorf.
He’s paying less in CS than my middle class XH. Wow.
Probably because she makes more money than you? The courts look at the income of both parents
Juno is four years old, so she’s in nursery school or preschool now, or? Five-year-olds normally attend kindergarten, but do schools have a pre-K attached nowadays? That seems odd to me, but obviously it’s been a long time. I can easily understand why a nursery school (or whatever) might be good in one place and an elementary school in another. At this point, I would prioritize the school over her friend group–you can still arrange play dates with old friends, but a better education is worth it. If Juno were a preteen or teenager, then things might be different.
I think the school issue might not be about particular institutions, but the type of education and decision-making process. It seems that at least Jodie wants that prerrogative for herself, in a stretch meaning that she could become a CoS member and raise Juno as such; or hire a tutor and take her on overseas work trips, which would put the 50/50 arrangement at risk. Tbh, in today’s world I can see why both of them would want to put it in black and white.
“Gonna”?? 😳