Jessica Alba and Cash Warren Navigate Divorce with Business and Family Ties

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Jessica Alba and Cash Warren are moving forward with their divorce, focusing on maintaining harmony for their family and business interests. The couple, married for 20 years, announced their separation earlier this month, emphasizing their commitment to co-parenting their three children: Honor, 16, Haven, 13, and Hayes, 7.

“I’ve been on a journey of self-realization and transformation for years — both as an individual and in partnership with Cash,” Alba, 43, said in a statement. “We are moving forward with love, kindness, and respect for each other and will forever be family. Our children remain our highest priority.”

Warren, 45, a film producer and co-founder of Pair of Thieves, has also remained active in The Honest Company, a business Alba founded in 2012. Despite stepping back from day-to-day operations, Alba remains on the company’s board of directors. Their intertwined professional lives add complexity to the divorce proceedings.

Attorney Marilyn Chinitz, a matrimonial partner at Blank Rome LLP, who is not involved in the case, told PEOPLE, “Hopefully, they maintain a sense of balance and continuity, especially because they’re in business together. As long as the business is successful, it benefits their children.”

Chinitz noted that the couple’s shared ownership of The Honest Company, valued between $500 million and $1 billion, could complicate matters if one party seeks to buy out the other. “Valuation gets triggered when one says, ‘I don’t want to be part of this company. I want to cash out,'” she explained.

The couple also co-owns a home purchased in 2017. Chinitz outlined potential resolutions for the property: “If she decides she wants to live there, she could buy him out. If neither wants to buy the other out, the house will be sold, and the proceeds shared.” Alternatively, if the home is held in an irrevocable trust, the property could remain for the children’s benefit.

Chinitz emphasized that the divorce appears amicable, with both parties prioritizing their children’s well-being. “It doesn’t seem that they’re at war. They may not want to be married, but their three children sustain their relationship, as do their joint ownership of a company,” she said.

By all accounts, the divorce is unlikely to escalate into a high-profile legal battle. “This is not going to be, in my view, a case that’s going to be litigated. And that’s a good thing,” Chinitz concluded.