Macomb County Circuit Judge Antonio Viviano told reporters after the hearing that the case was being referred to a mediator. Lawyers for Eminem and Kimberley Mathers said a date for mediation hasn't been set.
Eminem's lawyer Harvey Hauer and Kimberley Mathers' lawyer Michael J. Smith said they hope the case will be settled amicably.
Kimberley Mathers declined comment on her way out of the courthouse. Eminem wasn't seen leaving the building.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, filed for divorce April 5, 82 days after the couple remarried.
The rapper remarried Kimberley Mathers in Rochester on Jan. 14, a month after the couple announced they were getting back together.
Their first marriage lasted from 1999 to 2001.
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