Kevin Costner's Estranged Wife Christine Claims He's Being 'Evasive' About Finances Amid Their Divorce

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The order comes less than a week after Costner’s monthly child support payments were drastically reduced.

Now that the dust has settled on the “contentious” and “acrimonious” battle over how much Kevin Costner should pay his estranged wife in child support, the judge is explaining why he sided with the actor and not Christine Baumgartner.

In the latest update about Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner‘s divorce, she has reportedly been ordered to pay his legal fees.

whether or not Baumgartner understood the prenuptial agreement she signed before their wedding in 2004, TMZ reported. It’s still unclear whether or not Baumgartner will challenge the prenup.

“Yellowstone” star after a judge ruled that the actor will pay her less than half of her preferred amount of monthly child support.“I will look into the steps I need to take and any schooling I need to do, and I will enter the workforce,” Baumgartner, 49, said in court last week about how she’ll support herself moving forward, according to People.The new ruling came as a win for Costner, 68, as he was tentatively ordered to make monthly payments of $129,755 to the former handbag designer for their three kids — Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13 — in July.But in prior legal documentation, Baumgartner, who filed for divorce from Costner in May after 18 years of marriage, allegedly claimed that the six-figure number still would be “insufficient” and result in the kids not living the same lifestyle with each parent.On Thursday in court, Baumgartner reportedly argued that Costner should cough up more in child support because a luxurious life “is in their DNA at this point.”“It’s an experience,” she claimed, per People, before describing the family home as a “community.”“We create whatever we can dream up in here,” she added.The Post has contacted reps for Costner and Baumgartner for comment. Meanwhile, Baumgartner reportedly starting the next chapter of her life in a $40,000-a-month rental home in Montecito, California.As for Costner, the Oscar-winner allegedly admitted to the court that “my world’s been a little shook up” last week amid the messy split.

Christine Baumgartner is now living in a pricey four-bedroom home in Santa Barbara County.

Kevin Costner still has love for his estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner.

Kevin Costner is sharing new details about his decision to leave Yellowstone.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “Yellowstone” star Kevin Costner is threatening to sue the show’s producers over money he believes he’s still owed from the series. The actor spoke publicly on Friday for the first time about his falling out with the hit Paramount Network series, while on the stand in a Santa Barbara courtroom.

Kevin Costner scored a huge victory in court Friday when the judge ruled in his favour and agreed he should only have to pay his estranged wife $63,209 a month in child support, which is drastically less than what she wanted. The child support payments will go into effect Friday. After the court ordered the reduction in child supp

Kevin Costner is sharing new details about his decision to leave Yellowstone.

Kevin Costner’s shocking exit from the biggest show on linear television, Paramount Network’s Yellowstone, became a focal point in the Oscar winner’s testimony at a Santa Barbara court hearing in his divorce case Friday morning.

Kevin Costner‘s estranged wife has denied that a mutual friend is her boyfriend, a notion she refuted on the stand Thursday after the actor made the claim in his most recent court filing.

Well, the subtext has become text, hasn’t it?

Kevin Costner and his estranged wife appeared in a Santa Barbara, California courtroom on Thursday for a hearing over contested child support, and the showdown proved to be an emotional setting. Christine Baumgartner took the stand and choked back tears when questioning shifted from the “Yellowstone” star’s be

Kevin Costner‘s ex Christine Baumgartner attempted to make a case for increasing the actor’s child support payments while in court on Thursday (August 31).

The motion comes after Christine Baumgartner asked that the court make the actor pay $175,000 in monthly child support.

Christine Baumgartner feels that her estranged husband, Kevin Costner, isn't paying his fair share of child support and that the court-ordered $129,000 per month isn't enough.Baumgartner's legal counsel filed documents recently asking that the court reconsider their previous ruling on how much Costner is obligated to pay so that the lifestyle the children have with her will be equal to the lifestyle they enjoy when with their father.According to the court docs, obtained by ET, Baumgartner argues that, since their kids «fly on a 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,» the documents state. «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.

cost Kevin more than he thinks.Kevin Costner’s estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner, reportedly wants the “Yellowstone” star to dig deeper into his wallet when it comes to monthly child support — apparently arguing that $129,000 a month isn’t enough to maintain their kids’ lush lifestyle. In legal documents obtained Friday by TMZ, Baumgartner, 49, is allegedly asking the court to make Costner, 68, pay her around $175,057 per month so their three kids can experience the same lifestyle with each parent.Baumgartner reportedly claims in the documents that the kids live with their dad in a beach compound worth between $65 million and $95 million, and take private planes while on fancy vacations with him.