Joey Lawrence's wife Samantha cope has filed for divorce after two years of marriage according to legal docs obtained by Page Six she cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split and waved any rights for spousal support Samantha also requested Soul physical custody of their one-year-old daughter Dylan Rose asking that Joey only be allowed to visit their baby at her discretion she goes on to say in her filing that she's opposed to Joey taking their daughter for extended periods of time until she's old enough to consent and is not to be in the presence of any non-family members while with Joe unless agreed upon by Samantha his estranged wife says the couple separated two months prior to her filing for divorce and she took to her Instagram to share a cryptic message about loss and freedom saying in part not everything you lose is a loss some things are a freedom some things are a second chance some things are a miracle in Disguise some things are a Detachment long needed a Clarity brought to blurry eyes the rest of the carousel's images feature Samantha with her and Joey's daughter the pair met while filming the Lifetime movie my husband's secret brother and got engaged in August of 2021 the blossom actor admitted to People magazine in December of 2023 that their marriage was very unexpected because he normally does not date his co-stars