New York ( CNN ) -- The wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces a court date next week on a drunk driving charge , the latest in a string of events that began when Kennedy filed for divorce , according to records from Westchester County . Records from the Westchester County Clerk show that Kennedy filed for divorce from his wife , Mary Kennedy , on May 12 . The next evening , according to police records , Bedford police responded to a 911 call . When police arrived at the Kennedy residence they found the couple in an argument over taking their four children to a carnival at St. Patrick 's School . According to a `` domestic incident '' report filed by the officer on the scene , `` Mr. Kennedy stated that his wife was intoxicated and was acting irrational so he took the children to the carnival to remove them from the situation . '' No one was injured , the report said . Two days later , Mary Kennedy was arrested for driving while intoxicated . Bedford Police Lt. Jeff Dickans told CNN that Mary was arrested around 9:15 p.m. on May 15 . Dickans said that Bedford police officer Patricia McGraw saw Kennedy 's 2004 Volvo swerving onto the curb of Greenwich Road in Bedford and asked her to pull over . Kennedy had slurred speech , and a blood-alcohol-content above 0.08 percent , the legal limit in New York . She was charged with driving while intoxicated . `` The DUI is pending and we 're hopeful that we 'll be able to resolve it in the future , '' her lawyer , Kerry Lawrence , told CNN . She is due to appear in Town Court on July 22 . Lawrence declined to comment on the divorce filing . Reached through his assistant , Mary Beth Postman , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also declined to comment on the divorce .
Robert Kennedy entered court on April 22 on DUI charge . Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed for divorce on May 12 , records show . In ` ` domestic incident , '' Kennedy alleged his wife was drunk and he removed children from the scene .