In September 2019, Todd filed for divorce citing “incompatibility of temperament between the parties such that they find it impossible to live together as husband and wife” as his reasons.
Despite this, Sarah was not ready to give up on her marriage. She wanted to fight, and did everything to repair the cracks.
“We’re going through counseling now, so it’s not over, over,” Sarah told James Dobson in November 2019.
“Attorneys are getting rich off of us and I don’t like that whole system. It makes no sense to me.”
Sarah also had support from her children during this difficult time.
“My kids are cool because they don’t like it and that that helps me. It helps me. They’re not ones to say, “Oh, it takes two to tango.” No, they’re mad because they have been brought up with that teaching that you have made a covenant with God,” she said.
“My parents, they’ve been married for 58 years … everybody’s kind of traditional family sticks together through thick and thin because you made a vow to God that through thick and thin, good and bad, you’re going to make that choice to … jump whatever hurdles are in front of you and you’re going to make it.”
Divorce rumors and scandals had swirled around Sarah and Todd for years, but this time it was the real deal. Their divorce was finalized on March 23, 2020.
