Kevin Costner’s wife Christine Baumgartner says she’ll ‘enter the workforce’ after child support cut in half

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“Yellowstone” star after a judge ruled that the actor will pay her less than half of her preferred amount of monthly child support.“I will look into the steps I need to take and any schooling I need to do, and I will enter the workforce,” Baumgartner, 49, said in court last week about how she’ll support herself moving forward, according to People.The new ruling came as a win for Costner, 68, as he was tentatively ordered to make monthly payments of $129,755 to the former handbag designer for their three kids — Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13 — in July.But in prior legal documentation, Baumgartner, who filed for divorce from Costner in May after 18 years of marriage, allegedly claimed that the six-figure number still would be “insufficient” and result in the kids not living the same lifestyle with each parent.On Thursday in court, Baumgartner reportedly argued that Costner should cough up more in child support because a luxurious life “is in their DNA at this point.”“It’s an experience,” she claimed, per People, before describing the family home as a “community.”“We create whatever we can dream up in here,” she added.The Post has contacted reps for Costner and Baumgartner for comment.

Meanwhile, Baumgartner reportedly starting the next chapter of her life in a $40,000-a-month rental home in Montecito, California.As for Costner, the Oscar-winner allegedly admitted to the court that “my world’s been a little shook up” last week amid the messy split. “I have to take care of obligations that are already in place, I have a lot of responsibilities I have to take care of,” he said about his own future, People reported.