LOUISVILLE, Ky., (WDRB) -- A Louisville judge barred former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin from his Anchorage home, unless his estranged wife gives him permission, as part of a contentious divorce case.
Glenna Bevin claims her estranged husband repeatedly comes to the home unannounced and "initiates conversations concerning the parties' divorce," according to court records.
"He often stays for hours in spite of my requests he leave," she said in court records.
Matt Bevin argued he comes to the home to see his children.
But while Matt Bevin "seems to be trying to keep the parties' relationship and maintain a 'business as usual environment,'" Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson said in court records last week, "the truth of the matter is that the parties are getting a divorce. Normalcy and the 'business as usual' environment are gone.'"
Johnson ruled that Matt Bevin moved out of the home two years ago and gave Glenna Bevin "exclusive access."
The story was first reported by Kentucky Public Radio.
On April 30, Matt Bevin was given a week to collect his belongings from the home.
The judge ordered that the two only communicate through a parenting smartphone application.
Johnson declined to hold Matt Bevin in contempt, a request by his wife, who said her husband refused to provide documents and called his conduct "aggressive and unsettling," according to court records.
The judge also ordered that Glenna Bevin must ask for permission to enter Matt Bevin's home, according to court records.
Matt Bevin has requested the court to seal his divorce case from public access to prohibit media attention.
Glenna Bevin filed for divorce in May 2023, arguing the marriage was irretrievably broken.
Bevin, a Republican, served from 2015-2019 before losing to Andy Beshear by a razor-thin margin of about 5,000 votes.
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