Kevin Costner's Estranged Wife Says Proposed $51,940 Monthly Child Support Is Not Enough

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Kevin Costner's estranged wife claims the actor's proposed monthly child support payment of $51,940 is not enough to cover her and her children's expenses.The Costners, who tied the knot in 2004, share three children: Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13.

Christine filed for divorce from the actor in May. The following month, Christine requested $248,000 a month in child support, which Kevin called «inflated and grossly inaccurate,» instead offering $51,940 per month.In the new docs, Christine denies Kevin's allegation that he's «doing the most [he] can reasonably do to make a divorce as seamless as possible for our children,» and calls his offer of nearly $52,000 a month «completely inappropriate.»Christine claims that Kevin's offer is only 24 percent of the guideline and only 2.4 percent of his monthly cash flow.

She additionally notes that one of the guest houses on their beach compound rents for $68,000, which is more than Kevin is offering to pay her.

Additionally, Christine notes that Kevin lists his own monthly expenses when the children are with him as $240,000, nearly five times what he's offering Christine when the children are with her.«He apparently expects his children to live far below his economic circumstances when they are with their mother,» the docs read. «While he resides in his $100,000,000+ beachside compound and spends at least $240,000 per month on himself (with the children with him about 40 percent of the time), he thinks that his wife and their children should live on only 20 percent of that amount.»Christine notes in the docs that «the single biggest element» of her child support request is finding housing where «the children can maintain proximity to their father, schools, and friends.»«They.