Officially divorced. By now everybody’s probably sick of hearing about the bombshell divorce between Jelly Roll and his wife, Bunnie Xo. Honestly I’m sick of covering it, but this time at least I’ve got some good news: The divorce has officially been finalized. TMZ broke the news that Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, filed for divorce from his wife Bunnie Xo, whose real name is Alisa DeFord, back on May 18 in Williamson County Chancery Court, just outside of Nashville. As Bunnie explained in a since-deleted episode of her Dumb Blonde Podcast, while the decision to split wasn’t necessarily mutual, it’s been as amicable as anyone can hope for during a difficult thing like a divorce – so amicable that they’re still planning on having a baby together. Bunnie also revealed at the time that Jelly Roll had already started dating, and she herself was also spotted making out with a 24-year-old reality TV star back on the 4th of July (at her husband’s Nashville bar, ironically). Well it didn’t take the couple long to work things out after making the decision to separate, because just two months after first filing for divorce, the couple filed a Marital Dissolution Agreement last Friday, July 17, with a judge entering a final decree in the case on that same day. (Tennessee has a 60-day waiting period after filing for divorce if no minor children are involved, so July 17 was the earliest date at which the divorce could be granted – and it was). In the MDA filed with the court, and reviewed by Whiskey Riff, the couple revealed that they have reached a settlement agreement, the details of which are kept confidential, to split all of their assets, including real estate, bank accounts, life insurance, and their aircraft. But when it came to the issue of whether or not to have a baby together after the divorce, it sounds like they decided to ignore the advice of their attorneys. The couple have been open about their struggles with trying to have a baby, with Bunnie revealing that she’s undergone multiple rounds of IVF in the hopes of eventually having twins. Now, if you’re not familiar with IVF (and I promise this is important for the rest of the story), the process involves retrieving eggs from the woman before combining them in a laboratory with the man’s sperm, and then selecting a healthy embryo to then be transferred back into the woman to establish a pregnancy. What that means is that the couple likely has eggs, embryos or both still stored in a laboratory from their past IVF procedures – something that they had to account for and split up during their divorce settlement. Of course this is a relatively new area of the law, one in which the laws haven’t necessarily kept up with the rapid advancements in technology. And most lawyers who don’t specialize in this kind of thing aren’t experts in the subject matter. So it seems that both of their divorce attorneys advised the couple to seek out an attorney who was more qualified in the area for advice on how to handle their “genetic materials” when it comes to the divorce. According to the Marital Dissolution Agreement: “The parties acknowledge that they have been separately advised by their respective attorneys that there may be consequences pertaining to this Agreement with respect to their genetic materials, due to evolving technology and case law; as well as the “interim category” of interest afforded to said genetic materials.” (The “interim category” is a legal definition given to biological material like embryos, to keep the material from being destroyed until a court decides who actually owns it during a divorce. Like I said, it’s an area of law that hasn’t really kept up with technology, so if a couple has embryos frozen, who gets to decide whether they’re destroyed during or after a divorce? That’s part of the question that has to be answered in a separation agreement). Anyway, back to divorce documents: “The parties further acknowledge that they have been advised that Counsel for the parties are not experts with regard to genetic and reproductive rights; that each party has been directed and advised to obtain independent advice from qualified expert counsel in genetics and reproductive law prior to signing this Agreement; that they have had the opportunity to do so, if applicable, and have availed themselves of that opportunity by obtaining such advice.” Well, apparently Bunnie and Jelly decided that they didn’t need an expert to decide what they wanted to do with their “genetic material.” “The parties have specifically chosen not to seek such counsel.” This is likely because both parties are in agreement that the embryos – or whatever genetic material they have frozen – should be preserved, because they’ve both already indicated that they still plan on having a baby together. But it just goes to show you what a unique situation this is when it comes to divorces.The post Jelly Roll & Bunnie Xo Disregard Advice From Their Legal Teams On “Genetic Material” As Divorce Is Finalized first appeared on Whiskey Riff.