Before her marriage to Michael Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley made it clear that she would consider putting a ring on her finger if she had a man with whom she'd like to have children. In 2008, the musical couple welcomed twin baby girls, Harper and Finley. For Presley, who had two children from her first marriage, her new family came as a "good light in the tunnel" at a time when people were abandoning her (per E! News). Four marriages later, she claimed to have found her best friend. "I'm in a happy place now," she told Marie Claire. Unfortunately, that paradise wasn't built to last. Come 2016, news broke that Presley had filed for divorce from Lockwood, citing irreconcilable differences.

TMZ reported that while she wasn't seeking financial compensation (including child support) from Lockwood, she pursued full custody of their twin girls. Owing to alleged mismanagement and poor dealings, Presley was knee-deep in debt; $16 million was the amount she reportedly stated during her divorce proceedings. Lockwood, however, expressed mistrust over Presley's claim about her finances, which he said were "misleading and inaccurate" (via The Wrap). In 2018, a California court ordered Presley to pay $100,000 toward Lockwood's legal fees. Things became messier when it was revealed that Presley battled drug addiction during her fourth marriage and had been in and out of rehab multiple times: "It was bad, yeah," she said at the time, per Radar Online.