According to reports, Hulk Hogan’s wife Linda, filed for divorce in mid November. Apparently Hogan (whose legal name is Terry Gene Bollea) learned that Linda filed a petition for dissolution when he received a call from a reporter. The parties have been married for 24 years and have two children together, Brooke and Nick. Hulk Hogan is a former professional wrestler and the Hogan family has a popular reality show on MTV called “Hogan Knows Best.”

Nick is facing felony charges for reckless driving from an auto accident which left his passenger with severe brain damage. Some speculate that the strain on the family caused by Nick’s accident may have contributed to the parties’ divorce. However, an episode of Hogan Knows Best shows the parties attending marriage counseling, indicating that there was a rift between the couple well before the accident.

Terry and Linda were married in Los Angeles, California, but Linda filed for divorce in Florida. Legally, a party must meet a state’s residency requirements in order to file for divorce in that state. Since Linda and Hogan having been living in Florida they did not meet the residency requirements of California which requires that at least one party live in California for at least six months “immediately prior to the filing of the petition.” (see: California Petition for Dissolution, Form FL-100)

The parties only have one child under the age of eighteen, Nick. In her petition for dissolution Linda requested primary physical custody of Nick, which means that Nick would reside with Linda the majority of time and have visitation with Hogan. Since Nick is seventeen years old, the court will probably let him decide who he wants to live with the majority of time. The courts recognize that a minor of this age is able to decide which parent they want to live with. The courts also recognize that it would be extremely difficult to force a seventeen year old to reside with a parent he or she does nor want to live with.