Over the course of her life, the judge has been married thrice. She tied the knot with her first husband, Ronald Levy, in 1964.
Following their marriage, Sheindlin and her then-husband moved in together in New York. They stayed as husband and wife for the next 12 years and welcomed two kids together.
The two divorced in 1976 and she revealed a little about what might have led to their split during an interview with Fox News (via The Sun).
“My first husband is a lovely, lovely man, but he always viewed my job as a hobby and there came a time where I resented that.”
Following her divorce from Levy, Sheindlin moved on with Judge Jerry Sheindlin. They married in 1977 and she became stepmother to three of his children.
When talking to LA Times, Jerry revealed he met his wife in a bar after he had finished trying a murder case as a defense lawyer.
She was a prosecutor at the time and walked in on his interview with a reporter. “Judy came walking in and put her finger in my face and said, ‘And who is this?’ I said, ‘Lady, get your finger out of my face.’ We’ve been together ever since.”
Sheindlin and Jerry’s relationship took a hit in 1990 after her father passed away. According to The Sun, she was unsatisfied with how he was handling her emotions and threatened to divorce him.
Jerry dared her to follow through with her divorce and so the two ended their marriage. However, it didn’t take long for them to realize they were meant to be together. The couple remarried in 1991.
