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 “won” in court docket?
In Could 2023, Christine Baumgartner filed for divorce
In response to court docket paperwork, Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner really broke up a month earlier than the submitting.
Later in Could, 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 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 stored her husband away from his household for prolonged intervals of time. (Episodes take for much longer to movie than to observe, of us)
The again half of Season 5 and of Yellowstone‘s final season meant that his time away from home stretched on longer than he’d supposed.
The subject of Yellowstone got here up when discussing funds and youngster help. At one level, Costner’s attorneys claimed that he can be unable to afford the requested youngster help resulting from diminished revenue 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 1000’s of {dollars} from his checking account with a purpose to pay her divorce attorneys and rent a forensic accountant.
Apparently, because of this he decreased her bank card restrict to $30,000 per 30 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 youngsters) of important funds to stay, 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 keen to supply cash for a rental dwelling 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 yr. She sought to discover a dwelling that might be a superb match for the kids. Nonetheless, a court docket denied her request, and he or she 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 along with her.
Most infamously, their divorce included a toddler help battle
In June of 2023, Christine Baumgartner reportedly requested $248,000 per 30 days in youngster 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 kids had been accustomed. She requested for a number of particular funds for the kids, however didn’t request spousal help in that submitting.
Court docket 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, in fact, continues to work. Costner protested that he was now making much less, as he was not on Yellowstone.
In the end, household court docket dominated that Costner can pay Baumgartner $129,755 per 30 days in youngster help. He additionally needed to fork over six figures in varied prices, together with attorneys’ charges. The pair should contribute equally to particular bills for the kids, together with healthcare and sports activities. A choose later knocked Costner’s month-to-month youngster help funds the entire means right 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 right down to $6,645,285. This meant all the pieces from sustaining the house to the kids’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 p.c of the kid help cash for private bills, like her personal non-public coach. Divorce fights could 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 tip of his lease. One imagines that he wished to flee the drama-by-proxy. Christine did go on to this point, however not her tenant.
Did Kevin Costner inform their youngsters in regards to the divorce over Zoom?
In response to Christine Baumgartner, Kevin Costner broke the divorce information to their youngsters over video chat. She’d hoped to speak to the kids collectively and in particular person.
“He insisted that he had the right to tell them that we were getting divorced ‘first’ and tell them privately ‘without me present,’” Baumgartner accused in a court docket submitting. “After a 24-year relationship, from his hotel room in Las Vegas, Kevin told our three children that we were getting divorced over a 10-minute Zoom call without me present.”
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 court docket battle to work out the phrases, which they stored non-public (principally).
Then, in February of 2024, the wedding formally ended. The court docket finalized their divorce.
