Kevin Costner’s Ex Accuses Him of ‘Withholding’ Evidence of His Finances

[hewontgo]

Kevin Costner’s Ex Accuses Him of ‘Withholding’ Evidence of His Finances; He Calls Her Requests ‘Harassing’ https://t.co/NbUSBZSs88
- People (@people) August 23, 2023
• In a request for order filed in California Superior Court, an attorney for Christine has asked the court to compel Kevin to produce documents related to his business dealings. Her

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[dejatrue]

[fauxkaren]

yes

this makes it sound like he's hiding his finances so he won't have to pay as much child support

[distant_lines]

Yup! I knew a couple who was kind of in my parents' friend group way back when I was a kid and the husband knew he wanted to leave ages before he filed for divorce, but because he knew she'd be due alimony and they had kids, he stayed married for a lot longer just to hide as many assets as possible. I can't remember if the wife got a forensic accountant or not, but it was definitely known in town what he'd done once the divorce got underway. My mom thinks my dad maybe did the same thing, but he threatened to fight her tooth and nail for custody and she had a really well paying job, so she just walked away and didn't fight him on anything with his business. I feel like it's really common for men to do this, and it sucks that it literally just comes down to how much the wife can or is willing to fight.

[xdecadentx]

I mean if it's for an upcoming series maybe he's not been paid yet? I read it like she's asking for information on amounts he's due to be paid.

[richyrich909]

This is still going on? Oh Lordy. 🙄

[sockymous]

well, when I saw the post yesterday of Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez reaching a deal at last from their divorce in 2016?!!!

I mean... this could go OOOOOOOOOOON

[xdecadentx]

Wait THAT was still going on?

[richyrich909]

Yes!! She finally settled today I think.

[marywebgirl]

Hmm, sounds to me like she's knows some shit. I need a gif of Bette Middler saying "Wake up and smell the audit."

[therearewords]

You two used to be in love./Think of the children./Rot will out itself.

[skyler_white_yo]

I’m wondering if they can base child support on potential earnings instead of current earnings. It looks like her lawyers want to know what kind of deal he made for this new project. In the thinking that his future earnings should be calculated when determining the current payment. I always thought child support was based on current earnings, and if those earnings change, either party can request the amount be adjusted. But I am not a lawyer, so I could be mistaken.

[ty]

Basing something on an unknown seems to be a weird take. If his new project explodes sometime in future years given the strike, she can take him back to court.

[kamikashi]

but what if the contract has payment terms of both current and future payments? i have no idea what the Horizon film series is, but what if it is up front $5mil payment now for the first film, and then $5mil milestone payments each year subsequent films begin production? wouldnt that be relevant now to see the payment terms of this project?

[littlepunkryo]

Child support typically uses the last 3 years of your income/tax returns, not future projects. "Potential earnings" can be kind of tricky because like say you get a bonus at work, well that doesn't happen that often so you can't really take it into account because it's not regular. Same with overtime, it's overtime so not guaranteed. And usually you have to wait until someone gets a big raise to apply to increase it, but if someone has to take a lower paying job then they can apply to modify it down but they have to prove that they didn't voluntarily take a lower salary to lower child support. Some people genuinely lose their job and then can't find one at the same pay rate, and some people do quit their job and take a lower paying one deliberately (but that's why they use your old tax returns to calculate it, so you can't do that).