{"id":118,"date":"2026-02-20T22:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/?p=118"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:36:55","slug":"the-divorce-of-kevin-costner-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"The Divorce of Kevin Costner \u2013 What Happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2023, after 18 years of marriage, Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner officially decided to part ways. The reason cited was \u201cirreconcilable differences,\u201d but the divorce quickly became one of the most talked-about celebrity splits of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The couple shares three children, and the biggest legal battle centered around child support and financial arrangements. Christine initially requested a very high monthly payment, but the court ruled in favor of a significantly lower amount.<\/p>\n<p>Their prenuptial agreement played a crucial role in the outcome, especially regarding property and financial matters. There was also public attention surrounding the family\u2019s luxury home in California during the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">By September 2023, the divorce was finalized through a settlement agreement, closing a high-profile chapter in Costner\u2019s personal life \u2014 all while he was working on major Hollywood projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2023, after 18 years of marriage, Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner officially decided to part ways. The reason cited was \u201cirreconcilable differences,\u201d but the divorce quickly became one of the most talked-about&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwise24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}