After leaving the court and political office, Lent worked in alternative dispute resolution as an arbitrator and mediator, as well as a senior judge for the state of Oregon. He divorced his first wife Dorothy in 1961 and remarried in 1968 to Joan Burnett, with the family moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, after Lent's retirement.
After leaving public life, Lent worked in dispute settlement as an arbitrator and mediator, and also held a senior judicial position for Oregon. He parted ways with his first wife Dorothy in 1961 and married Joan Burnett in 1968, moving the family to Las Vegas, Nevada, after Lent's retirement.