Kevin Costner’s estranged wifeChristinewas all smiles as she was spotted leaving Santa Barbara County Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon following a legal ruling in her favor.
The judge presiding over Costner and Christine’s divorce hadextended the actor’s temporary monthly payments of $129,755 in child supportearlier that day.
Dressed primarily in black from her sweater down to her heels, Christine, 49, was photographed looking jovial as she got into the driver’s seat of a Land Rover following the ruling.
During Wednesday’s court session, the judge also denied theYellowstonestar’s lawyers' request to settle the matter of child support before the trial date to determine the validity ofchallenging the couple’s prenuptial agreementon Nov. 27.
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Kevin Costner’s estranged wife Christine leaves a courthouse in Santa Barbara, California, on July 12, 2023.BACKGRID
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Attorneys for Costner, 68, also requested they have 10 days to review final forensic accountant files before the trial start dates for both the child-support and prenuptial agreements, since there are nearly 9,000 pages of forensic accounting documents so far.
The judge said an “evidentiary hearing is unlikely in the foreseeable future” on the matter of child support, and that the tentative ruling stands in the meantime.
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However, the ruling is retroactive, meaning that child support will have to be paid forward dating back to July 1 if changes are made in the final ruling of the case.
Christine — who shares sons Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, plus daughter Grace, 13, with Costner — previouslyrequested $248,000 per monthfor child support, an amountthe actor’s side slammed as “inflated.”
The former handbag designer said that until she had a child-support agreement in place to set up a “suitable separate household,” she was staying put in the actor’s Santa Barbara residence despite the Costners' premarital agreementstipulating that she move outwithin30 days of filingfor divorce.
Kevin and Christine Costner in 2019.Jim Bennett/WireImage; Gregg DeGuire/Getty
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Costner and Christine’s legal teams will be back in court on Aug. 2 to discuss the estranged couple’s prenuptial agreement.
“If Christine, in any manner, challenges or assists in the challenge of the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement, she shall lose any and all rights to receive any payment, Property or Interest from Kevin pursuant to this Agreement,” according to the agreement, which attorneys for theOscarwinner quoted in legal documents filed June 28.
source: people.com
