Kevin Costner’s Lawyer Says Ex Christine Baumgartner Is Making an attempt to Guarantee ‘She By no means Has to Work’

Kevin Costner is pushing again on ex Christine Baumgartner’s calls for amid the previous couple’s contentious divorce hearing.

In a listening to transient obtained by The Messenger, the actor’s attorneys, Laura Wasser and Jacqueline Misho, insinuated Baumgartner is combating for a kid assist quantity that may guarantee she “by no means has to work.”

“Christine’s pleadings repeat, again and again, that ‘A dad or mum’s first and principal obligation is to assist the dad or mum’s minor kids in line with the dad or mum’s circumstances and station in life.’ However it seems that Christine believes that mandate solely applies to Kevin,” Costner’s legal professionals mentioned within the paperwork.

“Christine is just 49 years previous and he or she is wholesome. But, she has no plans to hunt employment or have interaction in any income-generating exercise. Christine calls for baby assist ample to insure that she by no means has to work. Whereas that will ship a questionable message to the kids in regards to the worth of labor and being self-supporting, it’s not a requirement that this Court docket can or ought to entertain. Because it stands, Christine will by the way profit enormously from the kid assist award,” they continued within the transient.

At Thursday’s hearing in Santa Barbara, Baumgartner’s legal professional John Rydell mentioned she’s now looking for $161,592 a month in baby assist, and Costner, as a TV and movie star, can afford the month-to-month cost.

Rydell gave a gap assertion that referenced a earlier transient through which he mentioned Baumgartner deserves to stay a “comparable way of life, not a unique way of life” to Costner. Rydell acknowledged that it is well-known Costner isn’t solely a “legendary actor” but additionally a profitable businessman who allegedly would not know the way a lot cash he earns or spends.

On the outset of the proceedings in Might, Baumgartner initially requested for $248,000 per month for his or her three kids.

The Yellowstone star reportedly proposed lower than half of that month-to-month quantity, alleging that Baumgartner needed to make use of the funds for her functions, together with “cosmetic surgery bills of $188,500/month,” and that she needed to spend “appreciable quantities of cash on herself and on individuals aside from our kids and for functions that don’t have anything to do with our kids.”

Again in July, a decide tentatively dominated that Baumgartner would get $129,775 in monthly child support for his or her three kids.

Baumgartner filed for divorce in Might after 18 years of marriage, claiming “irreconcilable variations.” Based on earlier court docket paperwork obtained by The Messenger, the proceedings are set to undergo the tip of the yr.