Karleusa and Tosic finalize amicable divorce after 14 years of marriage

Jelena Karleusa, in the presence of her lawyer, signed an amicable divorce from footballer Dusko Tosic, formally ending their 14-year marriage, Novosti reports, citing sources close to the proceedings. The singer publicly announced that the divorce was being filed back in February of this year, with the finalization taking place in mid-May.

Karleusa and Tosic married in 2008 and have two daughters, Atina and Nika. Atina turns 18 on September 7 of this year and Nika the following year, which is part of the reason, the singer notes in an Instagram post, the whole process was carried through without a court battle or a media spectacle.

In a statement published on her profile, Karleusa wrote that all marital assets have been transferred to their two daughters. According to the same post, custody remains with the mother. “We agreed to end our marriage after 14 years”, the singer wrote in her February post, which she updated in May with the note that everything is now formally closed.

The context of the divorce had been set in the first months of 2026, when, according to unnamed sources cited by nportal.novosti.rs, Tosic had stopped seeing himself as part of the family. The singer had repeatedly left open in the media the question of her ex-husband’s involvement in raising their younger daughter, adding in one post that she “hopes Dusko will take part too, not just mom”.

In parallel with the divorce, the daughters have launched their first private business, a body fragrance line, which Karleusa announced on the show “Amidzi Show”. According to the singer in the same interview, Atina and Nika are following their mother’s creative path, but they want a separate commercial identity.

Before Tosic, Karleusa was briefly married to Bojan Karic, son of Bogoljub Karic, in a relationship that lasted from 1999 and ended in divorce after a few months. A piece on the nportal.novosti.rs portal revisiting the singer’s earlier marriages notes that at that time the settlement with the Karic family was “handled by Bogoljub personally”, which the singer has confirmed in later interviews without going into financial detail.

After his playing career ended in China, where he played for several clubs in the Chinese Super League, Tosic spent part of his life outside Serbia, which, according to Magazin Novosti, gradually deepened the distance between the spouses. The two were rarely seen together publicly from the start of 2024 onward, but an official separation statement did not come until February of this year.

According to a post on her official site, Karleusa’s next public engagement is her New Year’s Eve 2026 party, with tickets already on sale. According to the portal karleusadoceknova.rs, the singer is organizing her own NYE event with a wardrobe designed specifically for the occasion, part of her stated post-divorce strategy of focusing on standalone large events rather than classic club appearances.