Tatum and Dewan Finalize Pension Settlement

Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan have finalized the financial aspects of their divorce through a settlement that divides their Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension Plan benefits, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles on November 26, 2024. The agreement, reached in September 2024 after six years of legal proceedings, entitles each to 50 percent of the other's retirement benefits accrued during their marriage from 2009 to 2018. Those benefits are calculated by dividing the pension credits earned in that period by the total credits accumulated over their careers.

The couple, both 45 and 44 respectively, met in 2006 while filming the dance romance Step Up, in which they starred as leads. They married three years later and welcomed daughter Everly in 2013. Their separation was announced in April 2018, with Dewan filing for divorce that October. Although declared legally single in November 2019, negotiations dragged on, primarily over the profits from Tatum's Magic Mike franchise. Dewan contended that the 2012 film, which Tatum starred in and produced, was co-financed with marital funds, entitling her to half the earnings from it and related projects. Tatum's legal team...