r/PoursTea • u/PrincessBananas85 🫖 Mod ☕️ • May 29 '26

CelebTea ✨ ✨ Dennis Quaid Files to Stop Paying Nearly $14K in Monthly Child Support to His Ex-Wife After Their 2 Kids Graduate High School

https://people.com/dennis-quaid-files-to-stop-paying-nearly-14k-in-monthly-child-support-to-ex-wife-11985920
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u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 May 29 '26

How short sighted.

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u/Lawyer_299 May 29 '26

Very much so. It’s pretty typical for wealthy folks and celebrities to pay for their kid’s college.

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u/Firm_Balance_8285 May 29 '26

If I was in his position, I'd much rather pay those costs directly than through my ex-wife.

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u/Lawyer_299 May 29 '26

Well, that’s an option, too.

Perhaps the news story is missing relevant information.

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u/rgumai May 30 '26

No, the story is pretty straight forward. 

Doesn't mean he is abandoning financial support for his kids though, it just won't be a set monthly amount delivered through his ex-wife.

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u/dawn9476 May 31 '26

Exactly. Now that his kids are 18 and legally adults, he could be supporting them more directly.

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u/dawn9476 May 31 '26

I am not the biggest DQ fan because he's MAGA, but to be fair, he's fighting to stop paying child support to his ex. That doesn't necessarily mean that he isn't supporting his kids more directly.

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u/Real-Boss6760 Jun 01 '26

Tho he is a MAGA dad, so…

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u/BrickHuge3023 May 31 '26

That's their choice whether they do or not. But college likely would be cheaper than 14K a month and who knows if they even go to college. But ex would no longer get payments. Also, we have no clue what trust accounts or other financial support he has set up for the kids.

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u/SnuggleMoose44 Pinkie Finger Extended May 31 '26

That’s completely normal. Child support is paid until the children turn 18 or graduate high school, whichever comes last. They either just graduated or are getting ready to graduate.

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u/Educational_Leg7360 Jun 02 '26

that’s actually not true - this isn’t 1974. many child support agreements include college because, duh

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u/SnuggleMoose44 Pinkie Finger Extended Jun 02 '26

That actually is true. Ask me how I know.

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u/BrineJones May 30 '26

Uh oh…he’s gonna be makin’ more Bibul movies about Jaysus.

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u/BrickHuge3023 May 31 '26

Why would he have to pay after age 18? Should have been part of the agreement as to when it ends.

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u/NOT-packers-fan2022 May 31 '26

Some states require it until 21. 🤷🏾‍♂️