Delores Nowzaradan: Dr. Now's Ex-Wife, Marriage and Court Record

Delores Nowzaradan is the former wife of Dr. Younan Nowzaradan, the Houston surgeon known as Dr. Now from My 600-lb Life. She married him in 1975 and stayed out of public view for decades. Searches for her name rise because her divorce produced a public court record.

This article covers her marriage, her role at home, the 2002 divorce filing, and the 2007 appeals ruling on the property division. Every fact comes from that court opinion or a named reference. Claims without a verifiable source appear as unverified. Each section answers a question people search about her.

Who Is Delores Nowzaradan?

Delores Nowzaradan, born Delores McRedmond, is the former wife of surgeon Dr. Younan Nowzaradan. The couple married in 1975, raised three children, and divorced by decree on October 29, 2004.

She holds no public career and does not appear in My 600-lb Life, which follows the patients of her former husband. Her name draws search interest because of that connection and because the divorce reached a Texas appeals court. Wikipedia's entry on Younan Nowzaradan records the marriage under her maiden name, McRedmond. She is a private individual, so this article sticks to public court records and leaves out speculation about her current life.

When Did the Nowzaradan Marriage Begin and End?

Delores Nowzaradan married Dr. Younan Nowzaradan in 1975, after he finished his residency in surgery. The marriage lasted 27 years, until she filed for divorce in 2002.

A few biography sites list 1974 as the wedding year or 2004 as the end of the marriage. The court opinion fixes the wedding at 1975 and the filing at 2002, with the final decree following on October 29, 2004. That gap between filing and decree explains why sources disagree on the year the marriage ended. The couple's three children had reached adulthood when Delores filed, and the case went to a bench trial rather than a jury.

What Did Delores Do Before and During the Marriage?

Delores Nowzaradan worked as a secretary before she married and did not work outside the home during the marriage. She ran the household and raised the couple's three children.

The court opinion adds that she cared for Younan's mother, who lived with the family for 21 of the couple's 27 years. Younan founded Best Care Clinic in Houston in 1986, and the clinic became the family's chief source of income. The opinion records no job for Delores at the clinic, which employed Younan's brother as office manager for about 15 years. The court later noted that 27 years outside the workforce left Delores Nowzaradan with little realistic prospect of well-paid employment after the divorce.

Why Did Delores Nowzaradan File for Divorce?

Delores Nowzaradan petitioned for divorce in 2002 on the ground of insupportability and later added a claim of cruel treatment. Younan filed a counterpetition that also cited insupportability.

The trial court dissolved the marriage on grounds of cruelty and insupportability and assigned fault for the breakup to Younan. Its findings state that he let the marital home fall into disrepair, lost community money through day trading, and obstructed discovery. The obstruction raised her attorney's fees by 40 percent. He also fell $14,000 behind on court-ordered support during the case, and the home lost utility service. Younan did not challenge these findings on appeal.

How Did the Court Divide the Property in the Nowzaradan Divorce?

The trial court awarded Delores Nowzaradan 70 percent of the community estate and Younan 30 percent in its decree of October 29, 2004. Delores received the marital home and her separate property, while Younan kept the full interest in Best Care Clinic.

The court also entered a $380,000 judgment in favor of the community for waste of assets by Younan. Experts valued the clinic anywhere from $240,000 to $1.4 million, and the court set its value between those figures. Younan appealed, and the Texas First Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on February 8, 2007, in Nowzaradan v. Nowzaradan, docket 01-05-00094-CV. The appeals court held that fault, earning capacity, and marriage length justified the 70-30 split.

How Old Is Delores Nowzaradan?

No court record or official source reviewed for this article confirms Delores Nowzaradan's date of birth. Several biography sites report a 1953 birth year, which puts her in her early seventies in 2026.

None of those sites cite a birth record, and the court opinion lists no age for her. The opinion does record that Younan was 60 at trial in 2004. Readers who need an exact age have no verifiable source to use. This page lists no birth date for Delores Nowzaradan because none is verifiable, and private individuals deserve the same sourcing standard as any public figure.

What Is Delores Nowzaradan's Net Worth?

No verified source publishes Delores Nowzaradan's net worth. The only documented financial event is the 2004 property division, which covers the marital estate then, not her current assets.

Websites that print a dollar figure for her net worth cite no source for it. The appeals opinion gives percentages, clinic valuations, and a $380,000 waste judgment, and none of those numbers equals a personal net worth. A reliable figure requires a primary document such as an asset disclosure, and none appears in the records reviewed for this article. Treat any specific figure for Delores Nowzaradan as unverified until one surfaces.

Who Is Dr. Now Married to Now?

No source reviewed for this article reports a second marriage for Dr. Younan Nowzaradan. His one documented marriage is to Delores Nowzaradan, and the court ended it by decree on October 29, 2004. The appeals opinion covers only that case, so later life events fall outside its scope.

Searches for Dr. Now's wife lead to Delores for that reason. Pages that name a current wife for him give no source, and no source reviewed reports a remarriage for Delores either. Readers tracking his career should start with the profile of Dr. Younan Nowzaradan instead of unsourced pages.

What Does the Public Record Confirm?

Delores Nowzaradan spent 27 years at home raising three children, then received 70 percent of the marital estate in a divorce the Texas appeals court upheld in 2007.

The record answers the questions searchers repeat: who she is, when she married, why the marriage ended, and how the court divided the property. It does not support claims about her age, net worth, or current life, so this article leaves them out. Viewers of My 600-lb Life who want the show's background will find the series covered on its own page.