Todd Palin filed for divorce in 2019 after 31 years of marriage, according to People, citing "incompatibility of temperament." While they didn't publicly reveal the cause of their split, it's possible that the pressures of fame took their toll on the couple. Family friend John Coale told the outlet, "It's been a long road to this. The family just had to take so much and couldn't handle it, I don't know if anybody could. It's a tragedy. Sarah Palin is a great person, and now it seems the family is in tatters" (via People).
Court records showed that in the spring of 2020, the couple very quietly finalized their split. It's hard to keep a secret when you're living in the public eye, but the Palins managed to let the ink dry with no one being the wiser. The court documents showed that the divorce was granted on March 25, 2020. This news came almost 10 months after Todd had initially filed for divorce, which just so happened to have fallen on his 55th birthday, per ET Online.
Fans of the couple were stunned to read that "they find it impossible to live together as husband and wife." The legal jargon mimics other divorces that claim irreconcilable differences. While the documents have remained closed, we do know that both Palins asked for joint custody of their youngest son, Trig.
