Despite $129,000 child support, Kevin Costner's ex-wife may "be financially wiped out".

Kevin Costner will only pay Christine Baumgartner child support for the following five years, and she might spend all of her $1 million settlement on legal costs, according to experts.

Many believe that Kevin Costner's ex-wife Christine Baumgartner will be well-off for the rest of her life now that.

The actor has agreed to temporarily pay her $129,000 a month in child support while they wait for a divorce settlement to be finalized.

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Not so quickly, though, say family law professionals. Unbelievable as it may sound, one analyst claimed that Baumgartner "could be financially wiped out" in the future due to a variety of issues.

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These include the peculiar realities of the Costner family's extravagant lifestyle, the enormous power disparity between the estranged spouses.

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The way child-custody and California divorce laws operate, Baumgartner's aggressive and "extravagant" demands for money from her wealthy and powerful husband.

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"It's a very dangerous game she's playing," said Christopher Melcher, a family law attorney in Los Angeles who has represented a number of well-known people.

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She is much more at risk than he is in this situation. Whatever happens, Kevin will always be wealthy and will be okay.

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The two-time Women's Champion is eager to return to WWE after a seventeen-year absence to battle Charlotte Flair.

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