The Kevin Costner divorce from Christine Baumgartner made headlines all through 2023.
It was contentious. It was litigious. And a few of the numbers had 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 “gained” in court docket?
In Might 2023, Christine Baumgartner filed for divorce
In keeping with court docket 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 is able to finally determine into their divorce, escalating the drama of their contentious break up.
‘Yellowstone’ performed a task in Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s divorce
Many people have dad and mom or grandparents who’re large followers of Yellowstone. However for Christine Baumgartner, this was the present — with its many scheduling delays — that stored her husband away from his household for prolonged durations of time. (Episodes take for much longer to movie than to observe, people)
The again half of Season 5 and of Yellowstone‘s remaining season meant that his time away from residence stretched on longer than he’d meant.
The subject of Yellowstone got here up when discussing funds and baby help. At one level, Costner’s attorneys claimed that he could be unable to afford the requested baby help attributable to diminished earnings after he left the sequence. 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 hundreds of {dollars} from his checking account as a way to pay her divorce attorneys and rent a forensic accountant.
Apparently, that is why he decreased her bank card restrict to $30,000 per thirty days.
At this household’s degree of wealth, the entire numbers are massive. It is vitally 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 youngsters) of significant funds to reside, eat, and (sure) to pay for the divorce.
Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner struggled over their marital residence
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 residence and shifting prices. Nonetheless, Baumgartner’s lawyer argued in court docket paperwork that he didn’t even have a authorized proper to expel her and their youngsters from the house.
Christine Baumgartner requested to stay on the property till August of that 12 months. She sought to discover a residence that may be an excellent match for the youngsters. Nonetheless, a court docket 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 baby help battle
In June of 2023, Christine Baumgartner reportedly requested $248,000 per thirty days in baby help. She famous in her court docket submitting that even this full quantity would imply a downgrade within the way of life to which the youngsters had been accustomed. She requested for a number of particular funds for the youngsters, 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 not on Yellowstone.
Finally, household court docket dominated that Costner can pay Baumgartner $129,755 per thirty days in baby 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 youngsters, together with healthcare and sports activities. A choose later knocked Costner’s month-to-month baby help funds the entire approach right down to $63,209.
The Kevin Costner divorce cash fights continued
In 2022, Kevin Costner allegedly made $19,517,064. Household bills that 12 months got here right down to $6,645,285. This meant every little thing from sustaining the house to the youngsters’s schooling 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 court docket.
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.
In actual fact, he had moved out forward of the tip of his lease. One imagines that he wished to flee the drama-by-proxy. Christine did go on thus far, however not her tenant.
Did Kevin Costner inform their children concerning the divorce over Zoom?
In keeping with Christine Baumgartner, Kevin Costner broke the divorce information to their children over video chat. She’d hoped to speak to the youngsters collectively and in particular person.
“He insisted that he had the best to inform them that we had been getting divorced ‘first’ and inform them privately ‘with out me current,’” Baumgartner accused in a court docket submitting. “After a 24-year relationship, from his resort room in Las Vegas, Kevin informed our three youngsters that we had been getting divorced over a 10-minute Zoom name with out me current.”
He had deliberate to be residence 5 days later. Baumgartner expressed her confusion over why he broke the information on this approach.
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 court docket battle to work out the phrases, which they stored personal (largely).
Then, in February of 2024, the wedding formally ended. The court docket finalized their divorce.
