Kevin Costner's estranged spouse says he desires to kick his children out of a home 'they’ve lived for his or her complete lives' and there's no purpose for it

  • Christine Baumgertner filed for divorce from Kevin Costner final month.
  • Costner complained to a decide that she refuses to depart his residence, regardless of agreeing to in prenup.
  • The mother of three accused Costner of missing the authorized foundation to maneuver them out of the one residence they’ve ever recognized.

Kevin Costner’s estranged spouse has hit again on the veteran actor’s allegations that she refuses to depart their marital residence.

By her legal professionals, Christine Baumgartner accused the “Yellowstone” actor of getting no authorized foundation for making an attempt to kick her and their youngsters out of the one residence that the youngsters had ever recognized.

“This RFO (request for order) seeks to kick Christine and their three youngsters out of the home that the youngsters have lived in for his or her complete lives,” Baumgartner’s lawyer, John Rydell, alleged in a court docket doc obtained by Insider.

“Though the authorized foundation for Kevin’s request to kick his spouse and kids out of their house is all however nonexistent, that is nonetheless a matter of vital significance for Christine,” Rydell added, in line with the submitting. 

Rydell’s feedback got here in a June 14 court docket submitting, on Baumgertner’s behalf, the place Rydell criticized Costner’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, for not agreeing to delay a listening to the place a decide will resolve whether or not to grant the actor’s request to bar his ex from persevering with to dwell in his $145 million compound off the Santa Barbara Coast. 

Insider contacted Rydell and Wasser for remark, however didn’t instantly obtain a response. 

Costner and Baumgartner standing together with their three children.

Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner in happier instances

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Earlier this week, Insider reported that Costner complained to the decide of their divorce case that Baumgartner refused to maneuver out of the compound, although their premarital settlement stipulated that she needed to transfer out inside 30 days within the occasion they divorced. 

“I used to be married earlier than, and upon separation, I discovered myself with out a residence base and unable to dwell in my own residence,” Costner stated in a June 8 declaration to the courts. “I by no means wished this to occur once more. Due to the character of my work, I’m steadily out of city; it’s subsequently notably necessary to me that when I’m residence, I’ve a house to go to.” 

“Thus, when Christine and I started discussing marriage in 2003, I made it clear to her that I’d not marry once more with out readability that my separate property residences would stay mine to dwell in it doesn’t matter what occurred in our marriage,” Costner stated in court docket papers. 

Costner stated he agreed to offer Baumgartner $1 million in the direction of a brand new residence, and pledged to pay her mortgage, insurance coverage and taxes on the brand new home for a 12 months, court docket papers state. 

Moreover, Costner stated in court docket papers that he was pushing for joint custody of their three youngsters: Grace, 13, Hayes, 14, and Cayden, 16. He stated the youngsters wouldn’t be largely affected by their mom’s ouster.

“As a result of the youngsters will likely be spending at the least half of their time at my residence, they won’t be disrupted by Christine’s imminent transfer,” Costner stated within the June 8 declaration. “Christine and I’ve been engaged on a summer season schedule to make sure that the youngsters have a easy transition between our two properties.” 

A decide has not but dominated on delaying the listening to or whether or not to ban Baumgartner from Costner’s compound. 

The couple — who share a 19-year age distinction — met on a golf course within the early Nineties when the actor was getting ready for his position within the movie “Tin Cup.” On the time, Costner was nonetheless married to his first spouse, Cindy Silva. 

It was his divorce from Silva — with whom he shares three youngsters aged between 39 and 35 — that has triggered Costner to place in place such a strict premarital settlement this time round.

In keeping with Forbes, their 1994 settlement, during which Silva was awarded an estimated $80 million, was one of many most costly superstar divorces of all time.

After his and Baumgartner’s preliminary assembly, they started courting in 1998. They married in 2004 in a ceremony held on the actor-director’s sprawling 165-acre ranch simply outdoors of Aspen, Colorado.

The divorce comes amid some drama in Costner’s skilled life, too.

Deadline reported in February {that a} behind-the-scenes feud between the actor and “Yellowstone” cocreator Taylor Sheridan over capturing schedules was holding manufacturing on the present’s fifth season.

Whereas Costner has but to handle the claims, it was introduced in Might that the drama could be ending later this 12 months with the conclusion of its fifth and remaining season.

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