A monthly check for $63,000. It is the amount that Kevin Costner has to pay his ex-wife Christine Baumgartner, model and designer, to support their two children. This was determined by the Santa Barbara court after a four-month legal battle. The Oscar-winning actor’s ex-wife, to whom he was married for 18 years in his second marriage, had demanded $248,000 a month. “Kevin and Christine Costner have reached an amicable and amicable resolution of all matters relating to their divorce proceedings,” the couple’s joint statement through a spokesperson said.
In her filings, Christine listed the date of her breakup with the Yellowstone actor as April 11. The two have three children: Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace Avery, 13, but the actor has four other children. That is, the three children he had with his first wife Cindy Silva, whom he divorced in 1994: Annie, 39, Lily, 37 and Joe, 35. His short relationship produced another son, Liam, now 27 , highlights socialite Bridget Rooney. After the split, the Dances with Wolves actor expressed his fears: “My biggest concern is that the court will order me to pay support that goes beyond the needs of my children and the needs of Christine.” Also at the center of the controversy is the $145 million mansion where the ex-wife lived with Costner and where she continued to live until a court order was issued forcing her to leave. The actor has already paid his ex-spouse around one million and $200 thousand for the prenuptial agreement. Now the maintenance amount is added