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.
The 68-year-old actor recently made headlines for his decision to leave the hit television series “Yellowstone” and pursue his own Western-themed project, “Horizon.”
In mid-May, Costner shared an image to social media of a director’s chair in front of a desert landscape that said, “We’re deep into the production of #HorizonFilm, and, I have to tell you, I haven’t felt this way about a movie since we were making ‘Dances With Wolves.’ Can’t wait to share it with all of you.”