Judge Judy's shock marriage split from husband of 45 years revealed - all the details

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Judge Judy is famous for her witty comebacks sharp put-downs and no-nonsense attitude but it turns out that the 79-year-old TV star has also battled heartache behind the scenes.MORE: Chicago PD is losing one of its original star in upcoming tenth season - detailsJudy Sheindlin married her first husband Ronald Levy in 1964 and the pair had two children, with Judy putting her budding legal career on hold to become a stay-at-home mom.

But when she chose to return to work, Ronald reportedly did not support her and viewed her job as a "hobby and there came a time where I resented that," Judy told Fox News.WATCH: Judge Judy shares husband's 85th birthday giftThe pair divorced and she later met Jerry Sheindlin in 1976 at a New York bar.

But Jerry was still married to his then-wife even though they had been separated for years, and Judy was not impressed with his lack of desire to divorce.The then-New York prosecutor told Jerry, a defence attorney, not to call her again until he had filed; Jerry then reportedly argued they could simply live together, to which Judy revealed that she told him it was his job to tell her father."I said, 'I'm not going to do that,'" recalled Jerry. "So she whipped out a calendar and said, 'Pick a date.

Now.'"They married in 1977 and welcomed three children, but in 1990 Judy's father - whom she called her "champion" - sadly passed away and she began the grieving process.