Divorce Approved For Whitney Houston

People reports:

The divorce of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown has been approved by a judge in Orange County, Calif., and will become final on April 24, PEOPLE has learned.

In addition, Judge Franz E. Miller awarded custody of the couple's 14-year-old daughter, Bobbi Christina Brown, to Houston. Brown, 40, and Houston, 43, had been married for 14 years.

Houston, dabbing her eyes with a tissue during the court proceeding, attended Wednesday's hearing. She declined to comment to reporters afterwards.

An attorney for Brown says he will file a petition to overturn the judge's decision.