TMZ reports Tish filed for divorce in Tennessee last week, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason the marriage didn't work out.
In court documents obtained by the outlet, Tish is requesting that all matrimonial assets be divided centrally. According to Tish, they have been living separately for more than two years.
They have five children, but custody will not be a problem as they are all adults.
For some time now the rumors of partition were doing the rounds. Billy Ray was nowhere to be seen in holiday family photos posted by Tish and his daughter Miley.
Billy Ray and Tish have not been seen together since February 2020. The last time they stepped out together, they were for the WME Pre-Oscars party, which is a celebration of the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the third time that the matter of divorce has come to the fore. In 2010, Billy Ray filed, but it was closed. "I want to put my family back together. Things are the best they've ever been," he said during an appearance on "The View."
Then, three years later, Tish filed, but was also turned down.
When Tish and Billy Ray reconciled after her filing, they said in a statement to People magazine, "We both woke up and realized that we love each other and decided that we should stay together." We both went to couples therapy that we haven't in 22 years of being together, and it has brought us closer together and opened up our communication in really amazing ways."
Billy Ray and Tish tied the knot in 1993 when she was pregnant with their son, Bryson. A year ago, they welcomed their first child, daughter Destiny.