“Dexter” Alum Courtney Ford Files for Divorce from “Superman Returns ”Star Brandon Routh After 17 Years of Marriage

It's the end of the road for Courtney Ford and Brandon Routh.

On Wednesday, Jan. 8, the Dexter actress, 46, filed for divorce from her husband of 17 years in Los Angeles, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE. She cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split in the filing.

A date of separation was not provided.

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The couple, who got married in November 2007 in Santa Barbara, share a 12-year-old son, Leo. Ford has requested joint legal and physical custody of him.

She also requested spousal support from the 45-year-old Superman Returns star.

The longtime couple rarely posted on social media about their relationship or their family. Ford's last post of Routh was on Father's Day in 2023, as he posed with their son.

Meanwhile, his most recent post for her was from Mother's Day the same year.

"She’s a ride-or-die friend, and a mom who’s all in," he wrote of Ford. "I’m so grateful that Leo has @courtneyfordhere, who jumps feet first into living, giving him permission and unconditional love to be fully himself. ❤️🙏🏻🙌🏼."

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They got engaged in 2006 after three years together, a rep for Routh told PEOPLE at the time.

The actor told PEOPLE earlier that year that he met Ford "not through acting" but while working at the bowling alley Lucky Strike. "I was a bartender. And her brother was having his [wedding] rehearsal dinner party there," he said.

They overcame the challenges of long-distance, too, when Routh was in Australia for five months filming 2006's Superman Returns, his breakout role, and Ford told PEOPLE they scheduled "nightly phone calls" to stay in touch while he was gone.

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They went on to work together on DC's Legends of Tomorrow series for three seasons before they both exited the series after season 5 in 2020.

"Getting to work together, the two of us, and do the comedy and play off each other has been really amazing and just keeps building and building," he told PEOPLE Now of working with Ford on the show in 2019.

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