Melissa Gilbert files for divorce

Melissa Gilbert has filed for divorce from her husband of 16 years, fellow actor Bruce Boxleitner.

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The former ?Little House on the Prairie? star filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on August 22, 2011, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

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Melissa has asked for joint legal and physical custody of their son, Michael Boxleitner, who is almost 16.

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She listed the date of separation for the couple as January 5, 2011.

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The news of Melissa?s marital split comes one day after news broke that her sister, Sara Gilbert, had split from her longtime partner, Allison Adler, after a decade together.

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