Brittany Cartwright Files for Divorce from Jax Taylor 6 Months After Announcing Separation

Cartwright, who wed Taylor in 2019, revealed on Feb. 29 that she and her spouse had been "taking time apart"

Vanderpump Rules alums Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright have called it quits.

Nearly six months after Cartwright, 35, announced that she and Taylor, 45, were "taking time apart," the Kentucky native filed for divorce on Tuesday, Aug. 27, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. The news comes days after Taylor completed a 30-day treatment in a mental health facility.

The docs list the date of separation as Jan. 24 and cite "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the divorce.

Cartwright requested legal and physical custody of their 3-year-old son, Cruz Michael Cauchi, but asked that the court grant Taylor visitation rights. Cartwright also asked the court to terminate spousal support to both parties. TMZ was the first to report the news.

A rep for the couple had no comment when reached by PEOPLE.

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Cartwright, who wed Taylor in June 2019, previously revealed on Feb. 29 that she and her spouse would be going their separate ways during an episode of their joint podcast, When Reality Hits.

"Many of you guys have been asking me about Jax and I and our relationship," Cartwright said at the time. "I just think it’s important to be real and honest with you guys because our life is definitely — we’ve shared so much of our life with you guys. So, I feel like ... I don’t want to seem like I’m lying or anything like that so I think it’s important for me to say this."

Cartwright wanted to set the record straight before season 1 of her and Taylor's new Bravo show The Valley began airing.

"I know on my last podcast, I alluded to many marriages go through rocky times," she added. "Yes, marriages in general are very hard and I've had a particularly rough year this past year. Jax and I are taking time apart and I made the decision to move into another home to take some space for the sake of my mental health."

The mother and reality star also shared on the podcast that the breakup was "still very hard to talk about."

"I'm taking one day at a time," she said. "I don’t know what the future holds, but right now my focus is on being the best mom to Cruz."

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After the separation announcement in February, Taylor insisted to Page Six in a video interview that the split “is not divorce.”

“We’re just taking some time apart. Just trying to reassess our situation," he said, adding that they "want to do what’s best for our kid."

Cartwright also used their podcast's platform, just days before announcing the initial split, to “address some rumors” about marital issues between her and Taylor. During the episode in late February, she explained to fans that "marriage is hard and people go through ups and downs all the time and it’s completely normal."

“Sometimes people might need their space [and] sometimes they won’t," she said, before adding that she and Taylor filmed Vanderpump Rules spinoff The Valley "months and months ago," ahead of conversations around their then-rumored marital troubles.

“And we’re super excited for this to come out and there’s been so many changes that has happened in so every single couple’s lives — every single couple on the show. I just want to make that very clear: no publicity stunts here," Cartwright added of the Bravo show, which will also feature fellow VPR alum Kristen Doute as well as newcomers Luke Broderick, Jesse Lally, Danny Booko, Nia Booko, Michelle Lally, Jason Caperna and Janet Caperna.

Earlier this month, a source told PEOPLE that Taylor would be returning to shoot season 2 of The Valley after completing his mental health treatment.

"Jax will be returning to filming The Valley for season 2 after completing his stint at a mental health facility. It’s been a tough time for him. He had been in treatment for the last 30 days," a source tells PEOPLE exclusively. "Brittany was supportive of Jax's decision to seek help for their son's sake. However, going forward, she's not interested in having anything to do with him."

In April, Cartwright told PEOPLE she went "back and forth” about whether she could reconcile with Taylor. “Some days I'm like, ‘For Cruz, we could make it work.’ But then I'm also like, ‘If I go back, it's just going to be the same things, and I deserve better,'" she said. "I still love Jax very much, but he is a hard person to deal with, and I think everybody in the world knows that."

The Valley season 1 captured the unraveling of Taylor and Cartwright's marriage. The season ended with Cartwright feeling frustrated that she and Taylor hadn't started trying for a second baby and wondering, "What was I thinking staying with him this long?”

In a late May episode of their podcast, Taylor claimed he and Cartwright had been considering seeing other people, but said he wasn't dating anybody after photos of him with model Paige Woolen surfaced.

Cartwright and Taylor — who first met in 2015 at a Las Vegas bar before briefly splitting in 2017 and later getting engaged in June 2018 — have long been candid about the "ups and downs" of their romance.

After revealing he cheated on his then-girlfriend in 2017, Taylor told PEOPLE that the duo had "weathered the storm" in that chapter of their relationship together, and wound up "in a great place."

Six years later, in March 2023, Cartwright told PEOPLE that they were "trucking through" their marriage despite outside doubters — with "good days" and "bad days" only making their union stronger. They welcomed their first and only child Cruz in April 2021.

"I don't believe in divorce. My parents didn't get divorced," Taylor said last year. "I don't believe in that. Marriage is work. I'm not saying every day is amazing."

"Like I said, she's the ying to my yang, a little," he added. "I'm a tough guy to be around, so it takes a certain person to deal with my crap. Even through all this, and even though my life is a lot better now, I'm still tough to handle. I think she's the only one that can put up with me really."

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Cartwright also told PEOPLE of Taylor that parenthood has "made us stronger" and made her "love him more." And as of August 2023, the pair had intended to expand their family of three.

"At least one more," Taylor said of welcoming additional children with his wife. "We're just really busy right now. It's been a very busy summer. We're very blessed."

In the past, Taylor has credited Cartwright with being "the rock" of their family, explaining that he doesn't know if he'd "still be on this planet if it wasn't for her."

"Her and my son, they kind of really saved me after my father died," Taylor said in that same interview of his late father Ronald Chauci, who died at age 61 in 2017. "I really owe my whole life to her."

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