New York: Vanessa Trump filed for divorce from Donald Trump jnr, the US President's eldest child and co-head of the family's real estate business, according to court records.

The pair, who wed in November 2005, were listed as parties in an uncontested matrimonial case late on Thursday in New York state court in Manhattan. Documents for the proceeding were blocked from public view online.

Trump jnr and his younger brother, Eric, were put in charge of the Trump Organisation before their father took office in January. They have no official roles in the Trump administration but were active in President Donald Trump's campaign and members of the transition team's executive committee.

Trump jnr's lawyer, Alan Futerfas, didn't immediately return a call.

Trump jnr, 40, has drawn scrutiny for his sometimes inflammatory tweets and for some of his contacts during the presidential campaign, including a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer, where he hoped to get dirt on Hillary Clinton.