{"id":243103,"date":"2026-05-29T16:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/dennis-quaid-files-to-stop-child-support-payments-to-ex-wife-kimberly-buffington\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:47:58","slug":"dennis-quaid-files-to-stop-child-support-payments-to-ex-wife-kimberly-buffington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/dennis-quaid-files-to-stop-child-support-payments-to-ex-wife-kimberly-buffington\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Quaid Files to Stop Child Support Payments to Ex-Wife Kimberly Buffington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2220587\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/dennis-quaid\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Dennis Quaid<\/strong><\/a> wants to stop paying monthly child support to his ex-wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kimberly-buffington\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kimberly Buffington<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 72-year-old <em>The Substance <\/em>actor filed a petition to stop monthly child support payments of $13,750 for their 18-year-old twins after they graduate from high school in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\">Their 2018 divorce agreement stated that payments could end \u201cwhen 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,\u201d via <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dennis-quaid-files-to-stop-paying-nearly-14k-in-monthly-child-support-to-ex-wife-11985920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\"><strong>Dennis<\/strong> is also required to pay an additional amount of money to <strong>Kimberly<\/strong> each year if he makes more than $1,314,000, and he wants that amount to be \u201cprorated to each child\u2019s graduation date rather than using <strong>Dennis<\/strong>\u2018 full-year 2026 income.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple welcomed their kids back in November of 2007. They got married in 2004, and divorced in 2018. <strong>Kimberly<\/strong> is his third ex-wife.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis<\/strong> also opened up about politics recently, saying that President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is \u201cgenuine\u201d and has his voters\u2019 \u201cbest interests at heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wouldn\u2019t be president if he wasn\u2019t genuine because people, the people who voted for him, know that he has their best interest at heart, that he is a genuine person.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/23\/dennis-quaid-praises-donald-trump-says-he-has-his-voters-best-interest-at-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out what else he said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/dennis-quaid\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Quaid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kimberly-buffington\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kimberly Buffington<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/29\/dennis-quaid-files-to-stop-child-support-payments-to-ex-wife-kimberly-buffington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Dennis Quaid wants to stop paying monthly child support to his ex-wife, Kimberly Buffington. The 72-year-old The Substance actor filed a petition to stop monthly child support payments of $13,750 for their 18-year-old twins after they graduate from high school in the next few weeks. 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