Topics: Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner's estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner, has claimed he is trying to kick his kids out of the house they've lived their 'entire lives'.
Last month Baumgartner, 49, filed for divorced after 18 years of marriage to Costner, 68.
“It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have transpired which have resulted in Mr Costner having to participate in a dissolution of marriage,” Costner’s publicist, Arnold Robinson, said at the time.
Baumgartner - a model and handbag designer - began dating the actor in 1999 before getting married at his Colorado ranch in 2004.
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They have two sons, Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and 13-year-old daughter Grace together.
Costner also has four adult children from previous relationships.
Baumgartner has seemingly hit back at the actor's allegations that she refuses to leave their marital home - a $145 million compound off the Santa Barbara Coast.
Baumgartner's lawyers argued that the Yellowstone star had no legal basis for trying to kick her and their children out of the family home.
"This RFO [request for order] seeks to kick Christine and their three children out of the house that the children have lived in for their entire lives," Baumgartner's lawyer, John Rydell, alleged in a court document obtained by Insider.
"Although the legal basis for Kevin's request to kick his wife and children out of their home is all but nonexistent, this is still a matter of critical importance for Christine," Rydell added, according a 14 June court filing.
Rydell criticized Costner's attorney, Laura Wasser, for not agreeing to delay a hearing where a judge will determine the living arrangements for the family.
"I was married before, and upon separation, I found myself without a home base and unable to live in my own home," Costner said in a 8 June declaration to the courts.
"I never wanted this to happen again.
"Because of the nature of my work, I am frequently out of town; it is therefore particularly important to me that when I am home, I have a home to go to."
"Thus, when Christine and I began discussing marriage in 2003, I made it clear to her that I would not marry again without clarity that my separate property residences would remain mine to live in no matter what happened in our marriage," Costner said in court papers.
This happens to be the second marriage for Costner and his 1994 divorce from his former wife Cindy Silva, whom he married in 1978, reportedly resulted in an $80 million settlement.
UNILAD has contacted Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner's representatives for comment.
