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"&lt;img alt=\"0708_ben_harper_laura_dern_tmz_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/08/0708-ben-harper-laura-dern-tmz-5.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Laura Dern&lt;/strong&gt; has thrown in the towel in her marriage to &lt;strong&gt;Ben Harper&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;#8211; she has filed legal papers reactivating the dormant divorce ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Dern filed her formal legal response to Harper&amp;#8217;s divorce petition Friday in LA County Superior Court. In the docs, filed by Disso Queen &lt;strong&gt;Laura Wasser&lt;/strong&gt;, Dern is asking for primary physical custody of the couple&amp;#8217;s two kids and joint legal custody. She is also seeking spousal support, child support, and attorneys fees. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As TMZ first reported,&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/12/laura-dern-ben-harper-divorce-separated-separation-january-sex-process-server-serve/#.TzE0msjjF8E\"&gt;Harper blindsided Dern&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt;with divorce papers back in 2010 after 5 years of marriage and two children.&amp;#160;But the divorce was never finalized and earlier this year they tried reconciling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Sources tell us that the reconciliation was &amp;#8220;very rocky&amp;#8221; and Dern now wants out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; FYI &amp;#8211; Dern is already the primary caregiver for the couple&amp;#8217;s two kids. But we're told she also plays a significant role in raising Harper's two other children from a prior marriage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2012/06/21/stars-whove-split-independent-people-2012/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0709_stars_split_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/09/0709-stars-split-footer-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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