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"Tina and Papa Joe are going their separate ways.\r\nAfter 35 years or marriage, Joe and Tina Simpson -- parents to stars Jessica and Ashlee Simpson -- are getting a divorce, a family rep tells Us Weekly in a statement.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Tina and Joe Simpson have filed for divorce,&amp;quot; the statement reads.&amp;#xA0; &amp;quot;It is an amicable split and there is no third party involved.&amp;#xA0; Any other related allegations are completely false.&amp;#xA0; The family appreciates your respect for their privacy at this time.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nAs confirmed by Entertainment Tonight, Tina filed papers Sept. 24 in McLennan County, Tex.\r\nIndeed, Joe and Tina have listed the family&amp;apos;s posh Encino, Calif. estate -- located in a gated community -- for sale for $4.3 million, according to Trulia.com.\r\n\r\nHigh-profile celebs in their own right, the pair were featured on both of their daughters&amp;apos; MTV reality shows: Jessica&amp;apos;s Newlyweds (with first husband Nick Lachey) and Ashlee&amp;apos;s Ashlee Simpson Show; known affectionately as &amp;quot;Papa Joe,&amp;quot; their father, a former pastor, is the longtime manager to singer/actress/designer Jessica, 31, and singer/actress Ashlee, 28.\r\nThe twosome recently became second-time grandparents when Jessica and fiance Eric Johnson gave birth to a daughter, Maxwell Drew, in May; Ashlee and ex-husband Pete Wentz share son Bronx, 3.\r\n\r\nPerhaps dealing with the sad split, the family patriarch, 54, had a rocky summer, thanks to an Aug. 4 arrest in Sherman Oaks, Calif, when he was charged with two counts of Driving Under the Influence; he plead not guilty, and has a pretrial date set for Oct. 11.\r\n&amp;quot;Joe&amp;apos;s arrest shocked his family,&amp;quot; a source told Us. &amp;quot;Anytime he&amp;apos;s in the news, it directly reflects upon Jessica and Ashlee.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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