Todd Palin, 55, asked to dissolve the couple's year marriage in a filing submitted Friday in Anchorage Superior Court. The paperwork was submitted on Sept.
Todd Palin's filing asks for shared custody of Trig, who has Down Syndrome. Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics. Sarah Palin, also 55, was elected governor of Alaska in and resigned in , before the end of her four-year term. She also served as the late Sen. John McCain's running mate in the presidential election, ultimately losing the election to Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Todd Palin, unlike his famous political wife, has largely steered clear of headlines since she burst on the national scene during presidential election cycle. He was in a snowmobile accident in , in which he suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung, a broken shoulder blade, a broken clavicle, and leg injuries. Todd is a commercial fisherman and professional snowmobile racer. He was badly injured in a snowmobiling accident that briefly left him in the ICU.
In November , Sarah Palin told Christian broadcaster James Dobson she learned her husband was asking her for a divorce in an email. She said she got an email from the attorney on June 19, three months before Todd filed on his birthday in September. I thought I got shot," she said , adding she believes God does not want families to split up. It helps make America that much greater, is that security of family, and I'm not to the point of wanting mine to be split," she said.
Richard Barker, the couple's listing agent at the time, said they were "just not here enough to enjoy a house that big. According to documents that were the subject of news reports earlier this year, Palin and husband Todd Palin were filing for divorce. Have a tip out of Scottsdale? Reach reporter Lorraine Longhi at llonghi gannett. Follow her on Twitter lolonghi. Support local journalism.
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