Ryan Hurd And Maren MorrisDivorce proceedings appear to be moving forward after Hurd completed his court-ordered parenting course.
Hurd’s attorney filed a “certificate of completion” with the Third Circuit Court of Tennessee for Davidson County in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, December 20, according to documents obtained by We weekly.
The documents confirmed that Hurd, 37, took the parenting course as “required” by Tenn. Code Ann § 36-6-408, which states: “Each parent must attend a parent educational seminar as soon as possible after application submission. complaint’ in which ‘a definitive parenting plan has been or will be included’.
The class was a four-hour seminar organized by the Parenting Skills Institute for “divorcing parents, co-parents, single parents and parents with custodial issues,” according to the filing. Topics covered included ‘divorce and its effects on the family’, ‘anger between parents’, ‘the stages of grief’ and more.
Us confirmed two months earlier that Morris, 33, filed for divorce on Oct. 2 after five years of marriage. The date stated on her petition for divorce corresponds to the date she filed.
The breakup came as a surprise to many country music fans, as Hurd and Morris have been a dynamic duo in the music industry since meeting in 2014. Tim McGraw‘s “Last Turn Home,” the couple’s relationship turned romantic in 2015.
The pair tied the knot in March 2018 and welcomed their son Hayes two years later. They publicly talked about each other for years, with Hurd even defending his now-estranged wife via Instagram in September when she stated she was stepping away from country music. Following their split, a source exclusively shared Us in October that Hurd “did not expect” Morris to file for divorce.
Morris broke her silence about her breakup earlier this month, joking that she “cut all the trauma out of my hair” with her new short bob.
“I think this year – for a lot of people, not just me – a lot of people close to me have experienced it. I’ve known so many people who have gone through separation or divorce,” she said during her December 13 appearance on SiriusXM. The Howard Stern Show.
She noted at the time that her divorce is “in progress” and admitted, “I would like to see this finalized a little bit.”
When asked about future relationships, Morris explained, “I don’t have the space for that yet. But I write so much now. That’s kind of been my way of dating, just through songs.
Morris told me earlier Entertainment tonight that she was ready to focus on herself as we head into the new year. “[I’m] I don’t have to answer to anyone or protect anyone’s feelings but my own and put myself first,” she explained on December 2. “And I think that’s going to be a very powerful 2024.”
Hurd has not commented publicly on the end of his marriage. However, he has taken back-to-back trips this month to seemingly reset. “Hello from the beach,” he wrote in a series of captions Instagram photos on December 3 while in the Bahamas.
Almost two weeks later, he teased“Hello from the mountains 🏔️,” on December 16 after leaving for Jackson Hole, Wyoming.