MacKenzie Scott is one of the richest women in the world – with a net worth of $27.9 billion as of Friday morning, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index.
On Monday, the 52-year-old filed for a divorce from her husband, Seattle schoolteacher Dan Jewett, after they got married in California last year.
Despite their wealth, their divorce will likely be “pretty standard and vanilla,” according to family law attorney David Glass, who viewed the filing filed Monday in Washington state’s King County Superior Court.
Court documents did not confirm the existence of a prenuptial agreement between Scott – who was previously married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – and Jewett, who did not contest the divorce, the New York Times noted in its report.
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However, the former couple agreed on the terms of the separation, including what will become of the marital property, in a separation agreement.
“A separation agreement under Washington law is when you say to your spouse, ‘We’re going to divorce and we can work out all the details ourselves. Let’s write it down in an agreement and we’ll just let the court know, ‘found it all out,'” says Glass, who is not representing any party. “And that’s what they did here.”
Washington state law allows divorcing couples to keep a separation agreement “completely private,” Glass adds, noting that in this case, Scott and Jewett appear to have already fully worked out the terms of their divorce.
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“They each had their lawyers, they figured out who keeps what properties, who keeps what assets. They decided that there would be no spousal support of any kind and because they have no children [together], they didn’t have to deal with the custody issue,” he adds. “And so you’re basically telling the court in Washington state, ‘We have a separation agreement, we don’t need you to do anything other than issue the divorce decree.’ “
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Because the state’s laws allow separation agreements to be kept secret, Glass says that “no one will ever know” exactly how Scott and Jewett separate their assets beyond the couple themselves and their attorneys, unless they choose to share that information to disclose.
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As Glass tells PEOPLE, page three of Scott’s divorce filing contains a consent form from Jewett agreeing to the filing in its entirety, which Glass says will likely help the divorce process go quickly and smoothly.
“So he signed off and said, ‘I agree with all of this. Please have it easy [us] divorced,” Glass tells PEOPLE. “So there will be no trials, there will be no court hearings and probably no other papers will be filed with the court until the court has issued the one piece of paper that says you are now divorced and you are both single.
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Although Scott and Jewett’s divorce appears to be amicable, Glass says, “It’s hard to predict how long it will be for the court to issue this divorce decree.”
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“You submitted this on the 23rd and it was only released on the website [Thursday]’ Glass says to PEOPLE. “So it’s hard to say. If both parties agree, there is no waiting period.”
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In contrast, Glass notes that California state law requires divorcing couples to wait six months for a divorce decree, even in similar circumstances.
Scott shares four children with Bezos, 58. The two were married for 25 years before announcing their split in 2019.
Since her divorce from Bezos, Scott has spoken out about her goal of giving away large amounts of her fortune.
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Earlier this month, she donated her $55 million Beverly Hills estate to support the nonprofit California Community Foundation and its affordable housing grants and immigrant integration program. In March, Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity.
The philanthropist previously donated $2.7 billion to 286 underfunded organizations fighting wealth inequality. And in December 2020, Scott and a “team of advisors” donated $4.2 billion to organizations across the United States that have been helping with relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As The Washington Post reported, Scott and Jewett first met at their children’s school.