Kevin Costner's divorce battle amid 'ironclad' prenup: Why celeb premarital agreements are contested

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Legal experts explain why premarital agreements can be contested as Kevin Costner and estranged wife Christine Baumgartner are locked in a legal battle despite having a prenup.

Baumgartner, who first, is taking Costner to trial over the validity and enforceability of the premarital agreement the pair signed before their marriage in 2004. The two have also battled it out over custody and living arrangements with Baumgartner being forced to move out of the family home by July 31.

Kevin Costner's estranged wife Christine Baumgartner was ordered to move out of the family home, owned by the actor, by July 31. "In order to ensure that the prenuptial agreement is not at risk of being set aside, you must make sure that the agreement is fully negotiated, that both parties have counsel, and that full disclosure is provided as part of the agreement," she told Fox News Digital.Christine Baumgartner will receive $129,755 in monthly child support from Kevin Costner. However, the two are due to go back to court over the number before the trial over the validity of the premarital agreement.

"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star, who is now divorced from Joe Giudice, confirmed she had a premarital agreement with her ex during an episode of the show."A week before we were getting married, Joe asked me to sign a prenup and I just felt when you love someone, you don’t do that," she revealed in 2020."I didn’t even read it. I just said, ‘I want you to put one thing in there. If you ever cheat, the prenup is void.

However, celebrities such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Khloé Kardashian and Jessica Simpson agree that the premarital agreement is important.in 2000, fielded rumors about the couple's prenup for years. It was once reported that Douglas had offered to pay Zeta-Jones $1.4 million for every year the couple was married, in the event they got divorced, but that they settled on $2.8 million.

KEVIN COSTNER FILES NEW DIVORCE ORDER TO PREVENT ESTRANGED WIFE FROM REMOVING ITEMS FROM $145 MILLION ESTATE"[A prenup] forces romantic partners to talk about money before they start their marriage. It is difficult to have conversations about ‘what if’ we break up or one of us dies during marriage, so they tend to ignore those important questions. Only after they are married do spouses learn each other’s financial expectations. A prenup negotiation gets all that into the open.

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