A look inside Dennis Quaid and ex-wife Kimberly Buffington’s post-divorce drama

The former couple first crossed paths in 2003 when a mutual friend introduced them at a dinner in Austin, Texas. Their relationship quickly blossomed, culminating in a wedding ceremony in Montana on July 4, 2004.

Quaid and Buffington welcomed their twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, via surrogate on November 8, 2007. But weeks after they were born, the children were hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California due to staph infections. During their hospital stay, the twins were accidentally given 1,000 times the recommended dose of heparin, a blood thinner, causing them to be “placed in incubators with cords attached.”

The twins recovered after the near-fatal overdose, and the incident inspired Quaid to start The Quaid Foundation.

In March 2012, the Texas real estate agent filed for divorce The parent trap alum, although she subsequently retracted the papers.

In October 2012, she filed for legal separation again, prompting Quaid to file for divorce. However, the two later reconciled and the application was rejected.

After a third and final split, the couple announced their separation in June 2016 completed in 2018.