Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose are now divorced. The dissolution of their seven-month marriage was finalized Monday by a Williamson County judge in Tennessee three months after Cyrus filed for divorce . Cyrus, 62, cited irreconcilable differences and "inappropriate marital conduct" when he filed for divorce from the 36-year-old, whose legal name is Johanna Rose Hodges.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Cyrus' lawyers, Rose Palermo and Jason Talley of Cheatham Palermo & Garrett, said he and Hodges reached a settlement Friday, adding that Cyrus is "relieved to put this nightmare behind him." "I'm just very relieved..
. and giving thanks today to breathe a sigh of relief," Cyrus said in a statement. "It's unfortunate.
.. it played out this way.
" "It was a matter of the heart. Love is blind ..
. that's for sure. B.
R.C.,′′ his statement concluded.
Cyrus' lawyers claimed in their statement that Hodges legally changed her last name to Cyrus before mediation, which they say Cyrus feels "validates his assertion that his ex-wife's sole impetus for marrying him was to obtain his last name." Hodges' lawyers did not immediately return requests for comment. The court documents show that Firerose will walk away with $0 and that neither party will pay spousal support .
At the time of the initial May filing, Cyrus was also seeking an annulment due to fraud on Hodges' part, saying in the filing that he would not have married Hodges "had he known" about the alleged fraud. The filing gave n.