Dennis Quaid<\/a> has filed a petition to stop paying child support to his ex-wife.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Dennis Quaid wants to stop paying child support<\/p>\n
The 72-year-old actor had been handing over $13,750 a month to Kimberly Buffington but now their 18-year-old twins Thomas and Zoe have graduated from high school, he wants the payments to stop.<\/p>\n
In documents obtained by People magazine, the Substance actor cited the terms of their 2018 divorce agreement, which noted payments may end “when a child completes 12th grade (if still under 19 and a full-time high school student) or reaches the other enumerated endpoints, whichever occurs first” and highlighted that the twins are set to graduate in May and June this year.<\/p>\n
The terms of the divorce show Dennis was required to pay an additional sum to Kimberly – his third wife, who he married in 2004 – if he made more than $1,314,000 in a year, and he requested the potential bonus amount determined after his annual income is evaluated be “prorated to each child’s graduation date rather than using Dennis’ full-year 2026 income.”<\/p>\n
The Sovereign actor married fourth wife Laura Savoie, who is 39 years his junior, in 2020, a year after they met while networking at a business event, and he recently gushed that he has never had a relationship like the one he has with his current spouse.<\/p>\n
\nHe told Fox News Digital: “Every day is paradise with her. It really is.<\/p>\n
\n“It’s the closest relationship I’ve ever had with anybody. Every day is paradise.<\/p>\n
\n“What can I tell you? I don’t know why God had waited so long to bring her, for her to come along, but [I’m] really glad he brought her into my life, or I walked into hers.”<\/p>\n
\nDennis – who also has son Jack, 33, with second wife Meg Ryan –\u00a0previously insisted he isn’t bothered about the age gap between himself and 33-year-old Laura.<\/p>\n
\nHe told The Guardian: “I didn’t go out looking for an age gap or someone really younger than me. You have no control over who you fall in love with. I don’t fall in love easy.”<\/p>\n
\nDennis was married to P.J. Soles from 1978 to 1983, actress Meg from 1991 to 2001, and Kimberly from 2004 until 2018.<\/p>\n
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