Samantha Cope is "not afraid of the tears" that will come amid her divorce from Joey Lawrence

On Saturday (24.08.24), she wrote on Instagram: "An amazing friend of mine recently told me 'don't be afraid of the tears. Let them flow. Because every tear is God gently squeezing the pain and devastation from your heart to make room for new beautiful feelings to come in.'

She also reminded me: 'the more you cry, the less you pee'

So let them flow. You got this

After obtaining legal documents, TMZ reported that Samantha "checked the box to block the court's ability to award either of them spousal support " and that she has asked for "sole physical custody of their daughter" until she reaches the age of three, at which point she will permit her to stay with her dad for up to "two nights per week".

Samantha also notes that she does not want " non-family members around Dylan while she's visiting her father" unless she permits it.

The former 'Melissa and Joey' star - who was initially married to Michelle Vella from 2002 until 2005 and then went on to have Charlie, 18, and 14-year-old Libby with his second wife Chandie Yawn-Nelson before their split in 2023 - has not commented publicly on the split yet.

Samantha recently hinted that things have gone awry between the pair, having already unfollowed Joey on Instagram.

She also alluded to a "loss" of some sort, having shared a post that read: "

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. Some things are an intervention. Some things are the unexpected answer to a long-chanted prayer. Some things are a healing.

"Some things are a becoming. Some things are planned long before you ever came to be. Some things are a devastation, but others are a kind of vital guidance, the kind of course-correction you did not even know you needed. The kind you did not even realize you were asking for all along."