Singer Amy Winehouse has confirmed she and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil have begun divorce proceedings.

Lawyers for Fielder-Civil, jailed for causing actual bodily harm and perverting the course of justice, were last week said to have filed papers in a bid to bring the couple's 20-month marriage to an end.

And now the news has been confirmed by a spokesperson for the Back to Black hitmaker.

The representative tells British newspaper Metro, "Papers have been received and the matter is with Amy's lawyers."

Fielder-Civil, who married the singer in Miami, Florida in 2007, is reportedly set to battle for $7.6 million - half of the star's entire $15 million fortune.

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