Kevin Costner Wins Child Support Case Against Christine Baumgartner

A Los Angeles decide has dominated in favor of Kevin Costner over his estranged spouse, Christine Baumgartner, of their dispute relating to little one help.

Costner, 68, will now should pay Baumgartner, 49, $63,209 per thirty days for his or her three youngsters: sons Cayden, 15, Logan, 14, and daughter Grace, 12, in line with Fox News. Baumgartner was briefly receiving $129,755 earlier than the choice was made.

Baumgartner had beforehand requested Costner pay her $248,000 a month. Costner argued in response that he couldn’t afford to pay that quantity as a result of he “will earn substantially less in 2023” following his departure from Yellowstone. Baumgartner, for her half, beforehand claimed that the quantity was needed so their children might preserve the identical way of life along with her as they do with their father.

“Because the children fly on private aircraft to go on luxury vacations when they are with their father, the Family Code dictates that Kevin should pay sufficient child support to Christine so that the children can go on comparable vacations when they are with her. This is true even if the child support payments also improve Christine’s lifestyle,” Baumgartner’s legal professionals claimed in a quick filed on Wednesday, August 30, forward of their listening to. “In this case, the guideline child support requested by Christine of $175,057 per month will not be sufficient to replicate Kevin’s lifestyle, but it will be sufficient to allow her to provide a lifestyle for the children which is relatively comparable.”

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Costner and Baumgartner confronted off in courtroom for a two-day listening to which began on Thursday, August 31, and wrapped up Friday, September 1. Both exes took the stand.

Following Friday’s proceedings, Costner opened as much as Access Hollywood about how duking it out in courtroom with Baumgartner was a “horrible place to be.”

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“It feels so bad and we’re talking about somebody I love on the other side, I just can’t,” he said on Friday. When requested if he nonetheless had love for Baumgartner, Costner replied, “Of course,” including that he thinks “everybody” concerned desires the extraordinary authorized battle to resolve sooner slightly than later.

Baumgartner filed for divorce from Costner in May after practically 19 years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the explanation for the break up. Since calling it quits, the pair have been in a messy authorized battle not solely over little one help however contesting the validity of the prenuptial settlement — which can go to trial in November.