The court has ordered Britney Spears to pay $110,000 to her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, for his legal costs and fees in their ongoing child support battle, as reported by E!News.
The two have been battling over child support for quite a few months now. According to TMZ, Britney is currently paying Kevin $20,000 monthly for child support, and including tuition fee, clothing, and other extracurricular activities, the amount goes up to $35,000. The father of six has asked for an increase in the monthly child support stating that the children have grown up and things are more expensive now.
The couple did try to resolve the issue privately and brought in a lot of negotiations but Kevin did not budge from the amount he had in mind. This lead him to officially file a legal case to get the money.
Along with that, he has also demanded additional money for his attorney's fee, for $250,000 and $100,000 for forensic accounting fees. This will be separate from the child support fees the singer is paying.
Mark Vincent Kaplan, Kevin's attorney, previously told E!News that the settlement off court did not go as planned. "We tried to see if we could voluntarily come to an agreement on what the increased number of child support would be and in the process for doing that, [Britney's team] came back with several conditions that were not acceptable. As a result, Kevin had to file a formal request that the court should determine what the appropriate amount for child support is. If the court decides that this should be a reasonable needs order, then we're going to use expert testimony to establish what the reasonable needs are of the minor children."
After the hearing, his attorney told E!News, "This was an initial contributive payment. If Britney and the conservators continue to fight tooth and nail about turning over any financial information, this will not be the last fee order they're ordered to pay me on Kevin's behalf. It's puzzling why they're putting so much energy into fighting the disclosure of her finances but I'm not deterred. We will get there eventually, it's just a question of how much they want to cost themselves creating speed bumps on the road to the ultimate destination."
The next few hearings will be privately sorted out by a judge.
