{"id":2022536,"date":"2023-09-05T17:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-costner-wins-court-battle-against-estranged-wife-after-judge-sides-with-him-on-child-support-payments\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:44:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:44:18","slug":"kevin-costner-wins-court-battle-against-estranged-wife-after-judge-sides-with-him-on-child-support-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-costner-wins-court-battle-against-estranged-wife-after-judge-sides-with-him-on-child-support-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner Wins Court Battle Against Estranged Wife After Judge Sides With Him On Child Support Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-costner-wins-court-battle-against-estranged-wife-after-judge-sides-with-him-on-child-support-payments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022536&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Kevin Costner Wins\u200b Court Battle Over Child Support<\/h2>\n<p>Kevin Costner emerged victorious in a court battle against his\u200d estranged\u2064 wife, Christine\u2064 Baumgartner, \u2063after a judge ruled in his favor on\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-suspect-hunter-biden-forced-to-downgrade-to-15800-per-month-house-with-mesmerizing-ocean-views-report\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden, a federal suspect, compelled to move to a ,800-per-month house with captivating ocean views, according to reports.\">child support \u2063payments<\/a>. The couple filed for divorce in May after\u200b nearly 20 years of\u2063 marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Thomas Anderle&#8217;s \u2064ruling\u2062 stated that the\u2064 68-year-old actor would pay $63,209 monthly \u200cin the custody battle for their children: \u200bCayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, \u206213. This decision\u200d came after Baumgartner had \u2063requested an increase in the\u2063 initial \u2062payment \u200cduring\u200b a\u2062 hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Baumgartner \u2062had asked for $248,000 per month for child support, while Costner proposed $51,000. The \u200cfinal \u200bruling settled on $63,209\u200b per month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin\u200c Costner wins\u2064 in divorce court battle over \u200dchild support <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t3ZSdPRyo5\">https:\/\/t.co\/t3ZSdPRyo5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1697769887496597667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the hearing, Costner expressed his regret\u2062 over the situation, saying, &#8220;Somehow in this unusual world, we didn&#8217;t \u200bmake it, and I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221; He emphasized \u2063his\u200d desire \u200dto \u200ccontinue being present in his children&#8217;s lives and mentioned\u2063 the \u200cexistence of a prenuptial agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Costner admitted his concern about \u200cthe financial burden of\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drunk-drivers-causing-parental-deaths-now-liable-for-child-support-in-texas\/\" title=\"Drunk drivers causing parental deaths now responsible for child support in Texas.\">child \u2062support payments<\/a>,\u200b stating, \u200c&#8221;My \u2062biggest concern now is that the\u200c court orders \u200dme\u200c to pay child support so much so that&#8230; I run out of \u200ccash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The divorce has undoubtedly shaken Costner&#8217;s world. He acknowledged the need\u200b to\u200c navigate this seismic change \u200cand fulfill his responsibilities, particularly spending more time with his \u2064children and supporting them through\u200c the process.<\/p>\n<p>Costner and Baumgartner officially split in\u200b April,\u2062 with Baumgartner filing for divorce in May, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-costner-wins-court-battle-against-estranged-wife-after-judge-sides-with-him-on-child-support-payments\/\" title=\"Kevin Costner triumphs in court as judge rules in his favor on child support payments amidst divorce.\">citing\u200d irreconcilable\u2064 differences<\/a>.\u2063 Costner was previously married to Cindy Costner and\u2064 shares three \u200dchildren with her. He\u200b also has a son from a previous relationship.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kevin-costners-estranged-wife-addressed-yellowstone-exit-rumors-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Costner&#8217;s\u200c Estranged Wife Addressed &#8216;Yellowstone&#8217; Exit Rumors: Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Costner won a court battle against his estranged wife Christine Baumgartner after a judge sided with the star on child support payments after the couple filed for divorce in May following nearly 20 years of marriage. Judge Thomas Anderle ruled on Friday that the 68-year-old actor would pay $63,209 monthly in his custody battle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2022537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}