Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith Take Their Custody Fight Behind Closed Doors With a Private Judge

Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith are still working out the nuts and bolts of co-parenting, and they just took a very Hollywood route to do it: they brought in a private judge to handle everything custody-related for the long haul.

Where things stand now

New court filings on Wednesday, April 1, lay out a plan that keeps a private judge on their case for years. That judge will handle all custody issues for their daughter, Juno, including anything that comes up after the original judgment, plus any future requests to tweak custody or child support. The end date on that oversight: March 4, 2029. Yes, that is a long runway, and yes, it keeps most of their family business out of a public courtroom.

If the timeline feels a little twisty, here it is straight: they married in August 2019; Turner-Smith filed for divorce in October 2023, citing irreconcilable differences; their divorce was finalized in May 2025; and these new custody-judge papers arrived April 1, nearly a year after that final judgment.

What they agreed to

• Custody: They share joint legal and physical custody of Juno, who is 5 and was born in April 2020.
• Child support: Jackson currently pays $2,787 per month to Turner-Smith. That number can be revisited under the new judge's authority.
• Spousal support: None for either side, an agreement they made last year.
• Separation dates: Turner-Smith listed September 13, 2023; Jackson listed September 30, 2023. The paperwork reflects both.
• Turner-Smith keeps: all earnings from before, during, and after the marriage; cash and personal items (clothes, jewelry, watches, etc.); art, antiques, furniture, electronics, and professional gear in her possession; her bank, investment, and retirement accounts; her SAG-AFTRA pension; and all residuals, royalties, and intellectual property tied to her film and commercial work.
• Jackson keeps: all of his earnings from before, during, and after the marriage (including acting residuals); his jewelry; two homes in Los Angeles; his bank, investment, and retirement accounts; his business; and every vehicle in his name.
• Equalization payment: Jackson made a $133,000 payment to Turner-Smith across March and April of last year (2025).

The parent stuff

Amid all the logistics, Jackson has been pretty open about how being a dad has hit him. On Jesse Tyler Ferguson's 'Dinner's on Me' podcast, he summed it up like this:

'I am surprised at how much of the experience of fatherhood is self-healing. It's my job, shared with my ex-wife, to do everything we can to nurture you, cultivate you and give you all the tools you need in life.'

So, big picture: the marriage is over, the assets are sorted, nobody's getting spousal support, and a private judge will referee custody and child support until 2029. Not flashy, but it is the kind of long-term structure that keeps a co-parenting situation from melting down in public — which is probably the point.