'Growing Pains' Mom Joanna Kerns Files for Divorce

"Growing Pains" star Joanna Kerns is not going to waste another minute on her cryin' ... because she's filing for divorce.

According to court records, Kerns filed documents in Los Angeles court to end her marriage to Los Angeles architect Marc Appleton.

The couple was married in 1994 and did not have any children together. She was previously married to Richard Kerns from 1976-1985 and the couple had a daughter together, Ashley.

Kerns played Seaver family matriarch Maggie — alongside Alan Thicke‘s Jason Seaver — on the legendary ABC sitcom "Growing Pains" from 1985 to 1992.