The judge presiding overKevin CostnerandChristine Baumgartner’sdivorceextended the actor’s temporary monthly payments of $129,755 in child support on Wednesday.
The judge also denied theYellowstonestar’s lawyers' request to settle the matter of child support before the trial date to determine the validity ofchallenging the couple’s prenuptial agreementon Nov. 27.
Costner’s attorneys also requested they have 10 days to review final forensic accountant files before the trial start dates for both the child support and prenuptial agreements since there are nearly 9,000 pages of forensic accounting documents so far.
The judge said an “evidentiary hearing is unlikely in the foreseeable future” on the matter of child support and that the tentative ruling stands in the meantime.
Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner.Frazer Harrison/Getty, Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic
Frazer Harrison/Getty, Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic
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However, the ruling is retroactive, meaning that child support will have to be paid forward dating back to July 1 if changes are made in the final ruling of the case.
Baumgartner, 49, — who sharessons Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 13, with Costner, 68 —previously requested $248,000 per monthfor child support, an amount Costner’s side slammed as “inflated.”
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The former handbag designer said that until she had a child support agreement in place in order to set up a “suitable separate household,” she was staying put in the actor’s Santa Barbara residence despite the Costners' premarital agreementstipulating that she move outwithin30 days of filingfor divorce.
Costner and Baumgartner’s legal teams will be back in court on Aug. 2 to discuss the estranged couple’s prenuptial agreement.
Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner.Lionel Hahn/Getty
Lionel Hahn/Getty
“If Christine, in any manner, challenges or assists in the challenge of the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement, she shall lose any and all rights to receive any payment, Property or Interest from Kevin pursuant to this Agreement,” according to the agreement, which attorneys for the Oscar winner quoted in legal documents filed June 28.
Marilyn Chinitz, a matrimonial attorney at Blank Rome in New York (she does not represent either of the Costners) told PEOPLE at the time that such clauses in prenuptial agreements are fairly routine. “Attorneys call these provisions ‘in torrerem’ because it is a clause to instill fear. They are incentivizing someone from challenging the agreement.”
source: people.com
