Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck‘s divorce is messy and VERY refined … TMZ has realized.

This is the deal … on account of the estranged couple has no prenup, each half they acquired over their roughly 2-year marriage is neighborhood property, which means the property acquired all through the wedding are divided equally. However, that’s not as easy as a result of it sounds … not by a protracted shot.

One of many largest property in play is Ben’s massively worthwhile manufacturing agency, Artists Fairness (AE), by way of which he’s partnered alongside together with his best bud, Matt Damon. Because of this, Damon might get dragged into the ugly divorce, since he’s a big stakeholder inside the agency.

Merely put … J Lo might be financially entitled to a share of the revenue generated by AE’s newest and upcoming hit movement photos, along with “Air,” “Unstoppable,” “The Instigators,” “Small Issues Like These” and “The Accountant 2.”

For her half, J Lo has been involved in fairly just a few her private predominant duties, resembling “Atlas,” “This Is Me… Now,” “The Mom,” “Shotgun Marriage ceremony” and “Marry Me.” Like J Lo, Ben would have a financial curiosity in these motion pictures and her totally different duties.

The 2 private their dwelling in Bev Hills, which is presently up in the marketplace. We’re instructed they’ve a $20 million mortgage on the property, and to this point no one’s leaping to buy it.

TMZ broke the story, J Lo filed for divorce from Ben last week, and the pair have been attempting to hash out a settlement for months.

Our sources say these talks are ongoing, they normally have develop into increasingly more acrimonious — loads so that, at cases, they’ve been not even speaking to at the least one one different.