Michael Kennedy and his wife had been granted a divorce at the time of his death, but it hadn't taken effect and was nullified when he was killed, The Boston Globe said Tuesday.
Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed when he skiied into a tree Dec. 31. He and his wife, Victoria Gifford Kennedy, sought a divorce on grounds of irreconcilable breakdown of their marriage, the Globe reported.On Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving, Judge David H. Kopelman approved the petition, granting the divorce. In Massachusetts, divorce does not become final for 90 days.
"It allows for a cooling-off, or warming up period," Boston University School of Law Professor Julius B. Levine said. The Globe said it was told that Michael and Victoria Kennedy had been discussing reconciliation. They had separated in April.