Posted on 06/22/2023 10:58:18 AM PDT by lowbridge
Kevin Costner’s estranged wife Christine Baumgartner is seeking $248,000 in monthly child support payments, according to recently filed court documents.
The former handbag designer alleges the figure “is less than the amount needed to maintain the children in their accustomed lifestyle,” per a report from People. Baumgartner also requests that Costner continue paying 100% of private-school tuition, extracurricular activities and sports, plus health-care expenses for their three children. The couple was married for 18 years before filing for divorce on May 2.
They share two sons, Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 13.
The documents state that Costner’s 2022 income was $19,517,0641, per the report from People. There was also a breakdown of the family’s expenses totaling $6,645,285, which included travel, entertaining, catering, and upkeep on multiple properties.
This brought their income after expenses and taxes to $7,595,520.
Baumgartner was refusing to leave the former couple’s residence despite a clause in their prenuptial agreement mandating that she do so within 30 days of a divorce filing, The Daily Wire previously reported.
The documents laid out terms for the “Yellowstone” actor to pay $38,000 a month in child support plus provide “100% of certain child related costs, including private school tuition, books, fees and uniforms and school trips, children’s sports, camps and other agreed upon extracurricular activities.”
Costner would also pay $30,000 monthly toward a rental home for Christine and $10,000 toward moving costs. His total estimated net worth is $145 million.
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Kids must eat a lot.
WOW! Back in the day I thought $1,000/mth was bad. Oh wait. I didn’t have Kev’s money. And, still don’t.
Viagra and similar products destroy mens minds. I may be in the minority, but I am quite enjoying a lower sex drive. Without chemical boosters, how many men can live their macho lives into their 70’s?
Why can’t a guy just get laid with no drama?
Answer-A scorned woman is like a boss firing you and withholding your paycheck.
I suspect he’ll have someone take her to the train station…
She takes his house, throws him out then asks for $284/mo child support?
Really? And why is it OK for his wife to ignore the prenup contract she signed? Because she’s a female?
$3M a year…. She should be able to get by on that.
Is she his second wife? Or third?!
Not in California.
She got the gold, he got the shaft!
Don't get me wrong - I love Costner and his movies.
I happen to believe that The Postman got trashed by those who control our society because it was patriotic.
Agreed.
“This type of crap is why marriage rates are way down, men are just refusing to marry when they know they’re just a target for a legal system designed to fleece them.”
^^^This
HALF! - Eddie Murphy
Am I unfair if I’ve decided to hate them both? I don’t give a flying f*** about these spoiled Hollywood freaks.
No, she isn't ---- not after 18 years of marriage and three children.
Generally it’s more than that. Include alimony in perpetuity among other things and some are lucky to see 20% of their take home pay.
Jeez, in 1979, I was grateful that my ex-husband offered $500 a month for child support. The Judge asked me if I felt that was sufficient, and I said “yes.” Of course to my ex, it was nothing more than paying a bill each month, because he wanted nothing to do with his two sons, and has never had contact with them in over 35 years.
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