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Rob Schneider's Wife Files for Divorce After 15 Years

Published 28 January 2026

Rob Schneider, the 62-year-old actor and comedian known for his roles in films like Deuce Bigalow and his time on Saturday Night Live, is divorcing his wife of 15 years, Patricia Schneider, a 37-year-old Mexican actress and producer. Patricia filed the petition on December 8, 2023, in Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona, citing that the marriage is irretrievably broken with no possibility of reconciliation.

The couple, who met in 2005 while working on a television project, married in a private Beverly Hills ceremony in April 2011. They share two daughters, 13-year-old Miranda Scarlett and 10-year-old Madeline Robbie. Court documents indicate the pair are negotiating legal decision-making, parenting time, and child support arrangements, with plans to formalize a written agreement. Patricia has requested confidentiality for the proceedings, and the court granted an order to that effect on January 21, 2024. Schneider has acknowledged receipt of the filing but has not yet formally responded.

This marks Schneider's third divorce. His first marriage, to London King in 1988, produced daughter Elle King, now a 35-year-old Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter. That union ended before...

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