Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa, filed a petition for divorce against the Los Angeles Lakers star with the reasons for the differences that can not be resolved.
Vanessa signed a petition for divorce on December 1, and Bryant responded to the petition for divorce on December 7.
Representatives of the couple said, "Bryant couples have completed all their divorce-related issues. The judge will decide about their marital status when brought to trial in 2012.
In the divorce petition, Vanessa demanding joint custody to both their daughter Natalia, 8, and Gianna, 5. Bryant also want the same thing.
In its official statement, Bryant asked all parties to respect their privacy by considering the fate of her two children.
Bryant met his wife in 1999 was in a music video when Vanessa Laine was 18 years old. Six months later, Vanessa and Kobe Bryant who was then aged 21 years engaged. They married on April 18, 2001.