{"id":2492214,"date":"2026-07-07T17:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2492214"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:33:59","slug":"dennis-quaids-ex-wife-served-in-14k-child-support-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dennis-quaids-ex-wife-served-in-14k-child-support-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Quaid’s Ex-Wife Served in $14K Child Support Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dennis Quaid<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s ex-wife, Kimberly Buffington<\/strong>, has officially been served in the actor\u2019s battle to terminate his $13,750 monthly child support payments for twins Thomas<\/strong> and Zoe<\/strong>, 18, Us Weekly<\/em> can exclusively reveal.<\/p>\n

According to court documents obtained by Us<\/em>, Buffington, 54, was handed the paperwork by a process server at her $3.8 million Los Angeles home on June 29, just five days before what would have been their 22-year wedding anniversary. (The pair married on July 4, 2004, but filed for divorce in 2016).<\/p>\n

The documents included everything that has been filed in the case, including the 72-year-old actor\u2019s declaration of income and expenses as well as his petition to renegotiate his pricey court-ordered child support payments.<\/p>\n

The exes\u2019 hearing on the matter is scheduled for July 28.<\/p>\n

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Us<\/em> reached out to Quaid and Buffington\u2019s lawyers for comment.<\/p>\n

As Us<\/em> previously reported, Quaid filed the petition<\/a> in May to terminate the nearly $14,000 per month payments he was making to his ex-wife for their twins.<\/p>\n

The Parent Trap<\/em> actor cited the terms of his 2018 divorce agreement with Buffington, which stated that the payments would end \u201cwhen a child completes 12th grade.\u201d Quaid argued that Zoe graduated from high school on May 23, while Thomas was set to graduate on June 3.<\/p>\n

While their divorce agreement stated that Quaid is required to pay his ex an additional sum each year if he makes more than $1.3 million, he requested that any bonus amount be prorated to the date of his kids\u2019 graduations.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDennis Quaid is asking the court to renegotiate his child support payments to ex-wife Kimberly Buffington. The Parent Trap star, 72, filed paperwork last week to terminate his $13,750 monthly child support payments for twins Thomas and Zoe, 18, Us Weekly confirmed on Thursday, May 28. TMZ was first to report the news. According to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In 2020, Quaid filed documents telling the judge he was willing to pay more in child support based on his boosted income as long as it was \u201cbased on the reasonable needs of Thomas and Zoe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quaid tied the knot with Buffington in 2004. They welcomed Thomas and Zoe three years later.<\/p>\n

The exes have a complicated past.<\/p>\n

Quaid and Buffington separated and filed for divorce in March 2012, before briefly reconciling the following month. They split again that October, and Buffington filed for legal separation. That request, however, was dismissed when they reconciled a second time.<\/p>\n

Buffington filed for divorce for the final time in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter careful consideration, we have decided to end our 12-year marriage,\u201d they told TMZ in a statement at the time. \u201cThe decision was made amicably and with mutual respect toward one another. We will always remain great friends and devoted partners in raising our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their divorce was finalized in 2018.<\/p>\n

Before Buffington, Quaid was married to P.J. Soles<\/strong> from 1978 to 1983 and Meg Ryan<\/strong> from 1991 to 2001. He wed his fourth wife, Laura Savoie<\/strong>, in June 2020.<\/p>\n

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