Kevin Costner's estranged wife has filed new documents in court claiming she'll move out of their $145 million beachfront compound in Carpinteria, California, provided that he agrees to her child support request.Christine Baumgartner filed the legal documents Wednesday morning in the Superior Court of California in Santa Barbara County.
In those documents, obtained by ET, Christine claims the former couple's three children — son Cayden, 13, son Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 13 — have been in her care since the end of March as «Kevin has been working in another state.»She goes on to claim that the star «has admitted that the children will continue to be in her care for at least half the time in the future.» For this reason, the court documents state that «by seeking to evict Christine, Kevin, as a practical matter, also seeks to evict the children, given that Christine's new home will also be the children's new home more than 50% of the time.»With that being said, Christine has agreed to move out by Aug.
31 but that will require «major undertaking and can only be accomplished with careful planning.» Translation: she needs the means to find a new home if Costner so badly wants her out of their home.But Christine says she «cannot effectively plan her move until» the child support issue has been resolved.
Remember, she has requested $248,000 per month in child support. A court hearing on the matter has been set for July 12.«Assuming that Kevin complies with whatever support and fee orders that the Court makes on July 12th, Christine will voluntarily commit to moving out of the house no later than the end of the day on August 31, 2023,» the court documents state. «This will give her 50 days to locate and move to a new.
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