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Kevin Costner's estranged wife Christine Baumgartner is demanding the actor up his child support payments from $129,755 a month to $175,057 a month to fund their children's lifestyles.
The Yellowstone actor, 68 and his ex, 49, share Cayden 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13 and TMZ reports Baumgartner has filed legal documents asking the court to reconsider the payments so the children can 'enjoy the same lifestyle with both parents' and after learning how much money Costner has earned.
Baumgartner initially requested a monthly child support total of $248,000, which Costner said he was opposed to in June before she was awarded $129,755 a month.
Baumgartner states in the documents how the children live in a beach compound- worth between $65million-$95million with Costner and fly private with the actor on vacations.
She says the actor needs to pay more child support 'so that the children can go on comparable vacations when they are with her. This is true even if the child support payments also improve Christine's lifestyle' - which she says is the standard required by California family code.
Split: Kevin Costner's estranged wife Christine Baumgartner is demanding the actor up his child support payments from $129,755 a month to $175,057 a month to fund their children's lifestyles (pictured 2022)
Family: The former couple share three children together, Cayden 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace 13 (pictured 2015) and TMZ reports Baumgartner has filed legal documents asking the court to reconsider the payments so the children can 'enjoy the same lifestyle with both parents'
She adds the higher amount 'will not be sufficient to replicate Kevin's lifestyle, but it will be sufficient to allow her to provide a lifestyle for the children which is relatively comparable.'
Baumgartner claims Kevin's average cash flow for the past two years was $19,248,467 per year, which works out at $1.6 million each month. She also claims he made $11million from Yellowstone season 4, $10million for season 5 and is scheduled to make $12million from upcoming film Horizon.
She says he will make another $12million for the film's sequel.
Baumgartner is currently living in a temporary rental in Montecito for $40,000 a month and says in the documents: 'Unlike Kevin's Beach Club Compound, the September rental is on the mountain side of the freeway. It does not have beach front access, nor is it walking distance to the beach, and has no scenic view.'
This comes after Costner claimed he 'does not know for a fact' if his estranged wife, Baumgartner, had 'extramarital' affairs but stated that he had been faithful during their marriage.
The Yellowstone actor who recently claimed that his ex is deliberately trying to 'delay' their divorce, has been embroiled in tumultuous divorce proceedings since Christine filed on May 1.
In a new legal request for order obtained by People, the mother of three has asked for further documentation to prove Costner's finances.
Some of the requests included, 'expenses paid by you, or any person at your request or on your behalf, relating to any extramarital romantic relationships.'
She says the actor needs to pay more child support 'so that the children can go on comparable vacations when they are with her. This is true even if the child support payments also improve Christine's lifestyle'; Christine seen in 2019 in Los Angeles
In response, the star's legal team stated that the request is, 'propounded only for purposes of harassment, is overbroad as to time period and subject matter, burdensome, oppressive and impermissibly compound.'
His lawyers further stated that Christine and her attorneys' request is 'not relevant to the subject matter' because 'there is no community property' between the former couple in regards to their separation.
Costner and his team also added that he 'does not know for a fact if [Christine] engaged in any "extramarital romantic relationships" before
