90 Day Fiance’s Tigerlily Claims Ex-Husband Darren Taylor Doesn’t Pay Alimony, Despite Texas State Law
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days star Tigerlily Taylor Abdelfattah has claimed that her ex-husband Darren Mark Taylor does not pay alimony.
The reality TV personality, 41, did a Q&A on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, November 17, and responded to a fan who asked about her ex paying spousal support.
“No, Texas does not have alimony,” Tigerlily responded.
Texas law does enforce spousal support, but it is notoriously difficult to obtain in the state, according to multiple reports. Spousal support is also not mandatory in Texas.
Tigerlily was previously married twice before she made her reality TV debut with husband Adnan Abdelfattah in September. The Texas native filed for divorce from ex-husband Adam Azulai in June 2011, In Touch exclusively confirmed via legal documents on October 3. The split, which did not involve children, was finalized a few months later.
Tigerlily addressed her marriage to Adam in her Q&A, responding to a fan who asked why she seemingly kept her first marriage “quiet.”
“I didn’t necessarily ‘keep it quiet.’ It just wasn’t relevant. I was young and did it, then a week later was like oops [laughing emoji] and then got out of it,” she wrote.
Tigerlily later tied the knot with Darren in June 2013. He was the first to file for divorce after eight years of marriage on June 24, 2021, according to the legal docs obtained by In Touch. The divorce was never finalized. A nonsuit — which occurs “when the plaintiff or petitioner files a notice with the court and other parties to the lawsuit that they no longer wish to pursue the case,” according to Texas Law Help — was filed six days later. A judge granted the request on June 30, 2021, and the divorce case was closed. It is no longer active, but is viewable by the public.
The 90 Day Fiancé star, who shares two kids with Darren, filed her own divorce paperwork on August 11, 2021. Tigerlily’s ex filed a counter petition on August 13, 2021, in which Darren accused her of committing adultery during their marriage.
“The marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities between Counterpetioner and Counterrespondent that destroys the legitimate ends of the marriage relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation,” the court documents read. “Correspondent has committed adultery.”
Darren was ordered to pay for the family’s cell phone bills unless Tigerlily began her own plan, as well as their 2017 Mercedes G63 and all toll bills acquired through NTTA. He was also tasked with removing Tigerlily’s personal and business phones from their existing account.
Possession of their 2020 Mercedes Sprinter Van was granted to whoever had the children, although Darren had permission to take the vehicle when it needed maintenance work done.
Darren was ordered to temporarily pay the handwriting analyst $7,000 per month in combined child support and spousal support beginning in September 2021 as part of their divorce agreement, according to court documents exclusively obtained by In Touch on November 14.
In addition to the temporary spousal support and child support, Darren had to provide Tigerlily a second user card on his American Express account so that she could pay for “groceries, cleaning services for the marital residence and legal fees and expenses incurred for this divorce proceeding.” However, she could not spend more than $4,000 a month of their joint funds.
The exes agreed to sell their marital home on December 13, 2021, and agreed to disburse funds on February 1, 2022, according to legal documents viewed by In Touch.
Similar to Darren’s filing, the pair filed joint order of a nonsuit on February 16, 2022, and a judge granted the request that same day. The second divorce case was closed, and it is no longer active but is viewable by the public.
Darren and Tigerlily appear to be technically still married, according to all available court documents viewed by In Touch. This could have a negative effect on her marriage to Adnan, 22, as U.S. law prohibits an individual from being legally married to two people at the same time.