The Kevin Costner divorce from Christine Baumgartner made headlines all through 2023.
It was contentious. It was litigious. And a few of the numbers have been downright-mind-boggling.
Fortunately, that ugly battle is over. However rumors about Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s divorce persist.
What actually occurred? How did all of it go down? And who “received” in courtroom?
In Might 2023, Christine Baumgartner filed for divorce
In accordance with courtroom paperwork, Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner really broke up a month earlier than the submitting.
Later in Might, Costner filed his formal response to her divorce petition.
It was there that he talked about the couple’s prenuptial settlement. This may in the end determine into their divorce, escalating the drama of their contentious cut up.
‘Yellowstone’ performed a task in Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s divorce
Many people have dad and mom or grandparents who’re enormous followers of Yellowstone. However for Christine Baumgartner, this was the present — with its many scheduling delays — that saved her husband away from his household for prolonged durations of time. (Episodes take for much longer to movie than to observe, of us)
The again half of Season 5 and of Yellowstone‘s remaining season meant that his time away from dwelling stretched on longer than he’d meant.
The subject of Yellowstone got here up when discussing funds and little one help. At one level, Costner’s attorneys claimed that he could be unable to afford the requested little one help as a consequence of diminished earnings after he left the collection. Baumgartner’s attorneys famous that he would nonetheless be a revenue participant even after departing the present.
Clearly, they fought about cash
Because the divorce kicked off in 2023, Kevin Costner accused Christine Baumgartner of withdrawing tens of 1000’s of {dollars} from his checking account with the intention to pay her divorce attorneys and rent a forensic accountant.
Apparently, for this reason he decreased her bank card restrict to $30,000 per thirty days.
At this household’s stage of wealth, the entire numbers are massive. It is rather regular for divorcing {couples} to withdraw or transfer cash — what issues is whether or not they have a proper to take action, and whether or not they’re depriving their ex (or kids) of significant funds to dwell, eat, and (sure) to pay for the divorce.
Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner struggled over their marital dwelling
Throughout their 2023 divorce battle, Costner claimed that his now-estranged spouse was refusing to abide by the prenup. Apparently, the settlement was that she would vacate the property inside 30 days.
Although Costner was apparently prepared to supply cash for a rental dwelling and shifting prices. Nonetheless, Baumgartner’s lawyer argued in courtroom paperwork that he didn’t even have a authorized proper to expel her and their kids from the house.
Christine Baumgartner requested to stay on the property till August of that yr. She sought to discover a dwelling that might be an excellent match for the kids. Nonetheless, a courtroom denied her request, and she or he moved out in July — solely days earlier than the court-ordered date to vacate. She and Costner nonetheless managed to feud over what number of pots and pans she took together with her.
Most infamously, their divorce included a toddler help battle
In June of 2023, Christine Baumgartner reportedly requested $248,000 per month in child support. She famous in her courtroom submitting that even this full quantity would imply a downgrade within the life-style to which the kids have been accustomed. She requested for a number of particular funds for the kids, however didn’t request spousal help in that submitting.
Courtroom paperwork alleged that Costner was making $1,537,000 (roughly) every month. He’s a prolific actor who has been well-known for many years and, after all, continues to work. Costner protested that he was now making much less, as he was now not on Yellowstone.
In the end, household courtroom dominated that Costner pays Baumgartner $129,755 per thirty days in little one help. He additionally needed to fork over six figures in numerous prices, together with attorneys’ charges. The pair should contribute equally to particular bills for the kids, together with healthcare and sports activities. A decide later knocked Costner’s month-to-month little one help funds the entire means all the way down to $63,209.
The Kevin Costner divorce cash fights continued
In 2022, Kevin Costner allegedly made $19,517,064. Household bills that yr got here all the way down to $6,645,285. This meant all the things from sustaining the house to the kids’s training to medical prices, and extra.
In the meantime, Costner allegedly deposited cash into an account for Baumgartner in a transfer that she claimed was a trick — one to undercut her in courtroom.
Firing again, Kevin Costner argued in June of 2023 that Christine Baumgartner was utilizing 60 % of the kid help cash for private bills, like her personal personal coach. Divorce fights might be so contentious!
Did Christine Baumgartner get with their former neighbor?
Amidst the preliminary Kevin Costner divorce information got here a rumor that Christine Baumgartner had gotten with Daniel Starr, who had as soon as been a tenant on their Santa Barbara property.
Starr himself debunked the rumor to TMZ, noting that he had moved away from the property. Costner and Baumgartner had been his landlords and nothing extra.
The truth is, he had moved out forward of the top of his lease. One imagines that he wished to flee the drama-by-proxy. Christine did go on to date, however not her tenant.
Did Kevin Costner inform their children in regards to the divorce over Zoom?
In accordance with Christine Baumgartner, Kevin Costner broke the divorce information to their children over video chat. She’d hoped to speak to the kids collectively and in individual.
“He insisted that he had the best to inform them that we have been getting divorced ‘first’ and inform them privately ‘with out me current,’” Baumgartner accused in a courtroom submitting. “After a 24-year relationship, from his resort room in Las Vegas, Kevin instructed our three kids that we have been getting divorced over a 10-minute Zoom name with out me current.”
He had deliberate to be dwelling 5 days later. Baumgartner expressed her confusion over why he broke the information on this means.
The Christine Baumgartner and Kevin Costner divorce is settled
In September of 2023, Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner settled their bitter divorce. It had taken 4 months of an intense and dramatic courtroom battle to work out the phrases, which they saved personal (largely).
Then, in February of 2024, the wedding formally ended. The courtroom finalized their divorce.
