<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"&lt;img alt=\"0730_adrienne_maloof_-paul_nassif_tmz_article\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/30/0730-adrienne-maloof-paul-nassif-tmz-article-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\"&lt;/strong&gt; star &lt;strong&gt;Dr. Paul Nassif&lt;/strong&gt; has filed his petition to become legally separated from his wife, and 'RHOBH' co-star, &lt;strong&gt;Adrienne Maloof&lt;/strong&gt; ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Nassif filed the docs in L.A. County Superior Court this morning -- claiming he wants joint legal and physical custody of the ex-couple's children. He also wants each party to pay their own attorneys' fees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Paul's docs, there IS a pre-nup. The ex-couple's date of separation is listed as TBD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0730_maloof_separation_TMZ.pdf\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0730_maloof_doc_launch\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/30/0730-maloof-doc-launch-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As TMZ first reported ... Adrienne and Paul discussed making the move for separation before he filed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul tells us ... \"The welfare of our children is my primary focus as Adrienne and I work through this difficult time.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He continues, \"I want the best for her and our children and I hope that everyone can respect our privacy away from the cameras.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/30/adrienne-maloof-dr-paul-nassif-separation-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/>