She has a pretty long list of spouses and partners. She was in a relationship with David Cruz for ten years. They did not get married and they got separated in 1994. In 1997, she got married to her first husband, Ojani Noa, a Cuban waiter. She was married for a year and they got separated. In 2006, Jennifer sued him for publishing a book about their marriage. She said that it was a violation of the confidentiality. She won the case and got 545 thousand dollars as damages and all the copies of the book.

In 1999, she started dating Sean Combs, a rapper and a producer. Both of them were arrested for a shooting near the Times Square Club and were charged. Lopez came out of the case without any charges. She started dating Cris Judd and married him in 2001. The relationship did not last for more than two years and they got divorced in 2003. A little after her second divorce, she started dating Ben Affleck. She got engaged to him in 2002. They announced the date of their wedding, but just a day before the wedding, they called it off and postponed the ceremony due to the interference of the media. Later, it was found that Lopez found a video of Ben having a fling with strippers and she called off the wedding just a day before the ceremony. A few hours after the separation, Ben was seen gambling in Vegas and she was having a quiet dinner with her advisers.

She started dating Marc in 2004 and married in the same year. In 2007, they announced her first pregnancy. In 2011, they announced that they are separating and they got divorced in 2012. In 2011, she announced her boyfriend, Casper Smart, a backup dancer. The reason for the separation is stated that Marc cheated his wife with an affair with a stewardess. It was reported that Marc begged Jennifer not to leave him and thus, they went for counseling. Marc started doubting her because of his insecurity. Whenever Lopez is with someone slightly attractive, he would watch over her. Lopez is said to have a very low self esteem and Marc used that to emotionally abuse her, whenever possible. She started doubting his actions and asked her mom to mail Ben asking what would be the perfect solution. Three days after the mail, she filed for the separation.

There was no details about alimony, child support and spousal support. It is assumed that they had either had a prenup or waived off their rights. The settlement contains the custody of the child, alone. Marc gets the child 7 days per month and holidays details were also mentioned.  Ben Affleck was the reason for her split from Chris. Jennifer was his girlfriend for long, but she requested him to keep it low. They got married and nine months later, she left him for Ben Affleck.