The 59-year-old Tiger King star submitted paperwork to a Florida courthouse on Thursday, March 31, filing to end the pair’s four-year marriage.
Joe and Dillon married on December 11, 2017...2 months after Joe's ex-husband Travis Maldonado died after accidentally shooting himself
Joe and Dylan have been estranged for about a year...as we first told you, Dillon called Joe in jail last March and told Exotic he wanted out of the relationship and divorce was on the table.
But, Joe is the one actually pulling the trigger on the divorce
In the document, Joe said that he needed some money and he wanted to change his name from Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage back to Joseph Allen Maldonado.
Joe's divorce attorney, Autumn Blackledge, said Exotic hopes he and Dylan "can both move on with their lives and divorce quickly and amicably."