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THE WIFE OF a US billionaire is claiming $1 million in child support which includes $6,800 for groceries and $300,000 for a private jet.
Ken Griffin, who has an estimated net worth of $6.5 billion, filed for divorce from his wife Anne Dias-Griffin in July last year – while his wife was away on holiday with their children, Business Insider reports.
She first tried to claim the $1 million in living expenses as part of marital maintanence but this attempt failed and Dias-Griffin is now making a plea for the monthly payment as child support.
A breakdown from Page Six shows she is asking for:
Under the terms of the couple’s prenuptial agreement, the woman has already received around $40 million. However she has petitioned for sole custody of their three children, who are all under 10, and an equitable division of their assets.
She wont be shopping in LIDL so !
I’d like to know where she is doing her grocery shopping for $7000 a month.
Kids must suffer from obesity if she needs to spend 6k a mth on groceries.
I’d suppose she will eat at the best restaurant everyday giving her lobster a helicopter ride before being cookedjust like Peter Griffin
She will Ken but she needs that private jet to get there
The Gold- diggers shall die in a frenzy of Capitalist cannibalism !
I’d imagine they won’t get fat on caviar maybe they all walk around in solid goal suits?
Greedy bitch, hope she gets nothing.
Its up to him to provide her and the kids with a life they are accustomed too. To the average joe thats a crazy amount. But to her and him not so much.
Why should it be up to him to provide her with the life to which she’s become accustomed though? She couldn’t keep him happy, so he’s given her the flick – time for her to provide for herself now, not live off a man she managed to get down the aisle once upon a time. These divorce settlements make women appear weak and dependant, yet will generally be supported by feminists seemingly completely blind to irony. He can provide for the kids, she should be left to starve if she can’t provide for herself, much like a divorced man would be.
She already got 40 Mil, more than enough child support for an entire lifetime. Unless she had some input or assistance towards his fortune, she shouldn’t get another cent.
Thats what you sign up for when you get married and have kids. The high earner provides for the family. Same when they split up. Be the high earner male or female.
Is upto her to get a job. Gold digging yoke.
That is the problem, in Ireland too, people getting accustomed to getting stuff like water for free, ask them to pay the cost and all hell breaks loose. Besides which doesn’t it turn her into a bit of a doubleu-hore? Is marriage not institutionalised rape and patriarchal prostitution?
No it’s not Lily. There is nothing in the wedding vows which says “I’ll love you until the marriage fails, at which point you can clear me out for everything I own”. This woman has nothing but dollar signs in her eyes, and is probably desperate at the fact that the lifestyle she knew is going to be over (because lets face it, any man with a fortune and a bit of sense is going to stay well away from her now). Hoepfully the court see it the same way and laugh her out of it.
So what. He gives wife 40 mil (thats hers not the kids).
She has sole custody of kids. Now what daddy pays zilch for his kids. Leaves his ex pay for everything for the kids, school, food, heating, medical, trips and so on.
He still has to pay for his kids to live in a lifestyle they were accustomed too.
No its not lily. It’s out and out greed. I’d be asking a judge to put the money into a fund of some sort for the little ones and leave the tart without!
No he doesn’t. He is expected to pay an amount that will prevent his children living in poverty or having to go without food. Maintenance is not a continuation of the good life, it’s a payment to ensure their basic needs are met and there is no kid who needs or deserves a $400000 holiday. And my heart really bleeds for the greedy cow, how could she possibly be expected to pay for school, food, heating or doctors with 40 million? The poor thing, it’s awful so it is.
Where’s this “accustomed to” nonsense coming from? There is no law in any area that demands people be provided what they were once accustomed to. He should have to provide for the kids, but the same as I should have to provide for mine – 500 a month per child should be more than enough. Of course he can go above and beyond and provide infinitely more for his kids of he so chooses, but the law should not be distinguishing the requirements of children based on the wealth of their father – that’s disgusting and flies in the face of the notion of equality before the law.
Lily she already got 40 million.
She’s a greedy b1tch. Hope she doesn’t get another cent.
Greedy greedy greedy greedy mooo
His worth 6.8 billion. Surely his kids should be looked after financially by him not by the mother who ‘only’ has 40 million.
Drop that down to a man who has 6.8 million and a woman who has 40k. Surely the man should pay for his kids.
It works on the same principle.
Ok 1 million is a lot but if she asked for 100k it could be worked down to 50k.
Start a 1 million and let them work out a more reasonable offer.
The man should still pay for his kids.
Lilly – I agree with one small caveat…
He should pay half the costs of his kids. The other half should come out of her 40m.
The man should still pay for his kids, I agree. However, that should be based on the children’s needs, not the father’s wealth. Do you think his kids should be “legally entitled” to a better standard of living than my kids? If so, what other areas of law should the offspring of the wealthy be afforded legal advantage? Say one murder and one rape allowed for anyone whose parents have a 7 figure net worth?
For the courts to declare that these kids should enjoy a better standard of living than any other child is disgusting, it is favouritism, and it runs counter to equality before the law, perhaps the most important cornerstone of western justice systems.
Half for private school, half for food, half for holidays (some places cost in excess of 10k a night given that his a billionaire and wouldn’t say in a place that cost 100 euro a night). half for clothes (designer clothes since I doubt his kids would wear pennies stuff) and sone kids can’t be seen in the same outfit twice. Would they fly commercial since they used a private jet before? So half of private jet? Half towards hobbies and clubs and such.
It all adds up.
How many kids? 3…
Im sure they will dwindle it down a bit. But to be honest I don’t blame her. He signed the pre nup so did she. But the kids should never be part of the pre nup.
Lily, so you think the law should recognise the fact that his kids wouldn’t be eager to wear pennies clothes, but mine should be happy in such attire. Same logic – shouldn’t more plush prisons be constructed for wealthy convicts, who would not be accustomed to the more rustic surroundings of Mountjoy or Wheatfield?
No the kids should live the lifestyle they are accustomed too.
None of this is the kids fault.
They should not be punished for their parents falling out irrespective of the parents income.
Their dad should provide for them as he did before he split with his wife. Not cut them off and let the mother pay.
Its not about the court saying the kids are more important than ‘normal’ kids.
Why are you taking it so personal?
Its not about you or me or our kids.
If you got divorced, you would still have to pay for your kids (*if you were the higher earner).
That’s exactly what it is lily. My kids are accustomed to a certain standard of living, a standard that would be drastically reduced if I were to lose my job. Why should my kids suffer just because I lost my job, shouldn’t they continue to be provided that to which they have become accustomed?
It is madness to try and legislate for continuity of lifestyles when such continuity can never be guaranteed in normal life. If this man did a Sean Quinn and lost his fortune, should the taxpayer provide his kids with private tuition and aeroplanes, or how much exactly do you want to shield kids from the basic reality that sometimes things change for the worse?
Losing a job, isn’t a divorce and is incomparable.
I hope she gets as much as she can. He wanted the divorce and he is beyond loaded!
Bull lily. His kids will live a brilliant life with the 40 Mil she already got. plus he is their father and will no doubt spend plenty of his own money on them.
You’d swear they were made orphans with what you are saying. He doesnt want to pay because he knows she’s a gold digger who wants to be kept for the rest of her life without working.
Why is she the tart? There is no evidence to suggest she’s done anything wrong? All the people saying she’s a greedy so and so, in same situation would you be prepared to allow the other half to swan off while you have to change your lifestyle because they decide to end the marriage? Given that you didnt want to end the marriage in the first place. Not an easy situation for anyone to be in. Just because there’s a humongous amount of money doesn’t make it ok.
So what he shouldn’t pay half towards his kids schooling. Or pay half of their medical bills.
His loaded let him pay for his kids.
Here in Ireland there are different levels of maintenance according to the higher earners wages and bank account. There is no ‘one size fits all’ regarding maintenance.
No difference here, with this case. Why should he not pay since he can afford too?
Most people moan they cannot afford to pay maintenance. Yet here they say he shouldn’t pay maintenance cause his loaded beyond belief.
Her gender has nothing to do with it. Her greed has. In fact, I suspect you are defending her just because she is a woman. Which in itself, is sexist.
Lily, she wants 12 million a year to pay for his half. How will she pay her half? At 12 million a year, her 40 million will last 3 years. What then? Will he have to pay 24 million a year?
If she goes im asking for a reasonable amount it will probably be dropped. Go in asking more hoping to get a reasonable amount.
Bartering if you will.
Im not defending her because she is female. In many of my posts I used high earner (gender indifferent) because if she was the billionaire and he had 40 million and had sole custody I would say she needs to pay maintenance. As would every guy on here.
But no because she has a vagina, she is a gold digger and greedy.
My brother pays 25 quid a week maintenance from his minimum wage job in the UK.
Yet a billionaire shouldn’t pay maintenance.
Go figure. ..
Nobody is saying he shouldn’t pay maintenance, of course he should! It’s the amount that is disgusting. Can you honestly say you would need 1 million in maintenance each month to provide for your children whilst also having 40 million in your own account?
People need to adjust to changes in life circumstances and 99.9% of them don’t have the luck to have 40 million in their bank account when it happens. Simple fact is, he should definitely be paying a maintenance but she should also drastically reign in her lavish taste in luxuries (6800 a month on fcuking groceries!!?)
If that is what she was paying on groceries before the divorce? Then yes.. (I’m sure they would have bank records for grocery shopping)
Caviar is very expensive. 9oz = $1.5k
Delighted someone else agrees he should pay maintenance. He has over 99% more in his bank account than she does.
She probably won’t get 1 million a month, she knows his lawyers will fight any figure she gives so better to give a high one to work it down than a low one and have it wiped down to nothing.
she’s known as a ‘money manager’
Lily, don’t forget she also wants sole custody of their kids. For me that’s more of an issue than what she wants to continue pampering herself on his money for the rest of her life or until the kids are 18/21.
Also no one contests he not pay child support, but her 16 page list including the 2k in stationery which will be annually I’m assuming and the 60k for office staff, she is filing for everything under the sun she can think of. So no, if I was a judge or had deciding control, their kids would be well looked after and she will get so many million depending on the length of the marriage but when she is clearing making up extortionate figures for things none child related she can quickly hump off.
He filed for divorce when she left for holidays with her kids. Now in all Fairness if he didn’t want her to have custody, he should have done it while she was home. It was a bit sly. She should have stayed on holiday.
The outpouring of support for this poor BILLIONAIRE is incredible. It’s pittance to him.
She’s greedy, but he’s (the money hoarder) not? Okay.
Anyone know why they’re splitting up?
Lily, I’d put good money on the probability that you work in NAMA.
Jeez…
You mean male last i knew the wife/mother has all the rights!
God Lily, did you get badly burned by someone. The kids are entitled to good education, accommodation and nutrition. Not private jets, 160k holidays per month and caviar and lobster dinners. Your assertions is ludicrous.
First true statement here
A Hitman would have cost a lot less..
surely would have, one less greedy person.
Well that works out at exactly one million more than I got off my ex missus for child support of my two.
Price of ex black ops hitman = priceless!
$6,000 for stationery, that’s sum amount of pencils………
Probably ink for the photociers.
In Denmark the Government calculates the cost of providing for a child annually. This is the amount that must be paid in child support. Private schools, private jets and the like are agreed on by the parents out of court. Atleast thatway the kids are looked after and aren’t used as some sort of ticket to an early retirement.
So a billionaire’s children should have a legal entitlement to a better standard of living than the children of poor people? Piketty didn’t go far enough in his analysis it seems.
Gold digger.
If she gets married again does he get a scot-free
Child support is paid until the kids reach adult age regardless. Only alimony would stop if she remarried.
Get a job! Judge backs ruling that ex-wife of millionaire racehorse surgeon has no right to be ‘supported for life’
More judges like that please. Common sense wins through.
Can’t get the image of a horse using a scalpel out of my mind.
Ha ha sounds like my ex.
Sounds reasonable to me and now he is single well ……..
Just sent her my Facebook profile. I’m waiting!!!
You’re a shoo in, what woman could resist the throne of Birmingham?
She’s a gold digger. Plain and simple.
Send him your Facebbk profile also to increase the odds.
Much more evil than that.
This lady has asked for $12M a year child support from a man who had a $900M salary last year. They are both Harvard graduates and hedge fund managers. She founded her own. She put herself through Harvard as a security guard and was hired by Goldman Sachs and George Soros. The donate more than the $12M a year to charity. It seems she has a very good case for saying that her personal earnings are at least $12M less than they might have been had she not born their three children.
Ouch! That’s him broke in 1000 months!
Something tells me that this lady does not intend to spend $1 million a month in child support payments, should she receive it, solely on her children.
That’s incredible, $2,000 a month for stationary, is she printing her own currency!?
Try living off €42 a week sweetheart. Bloody stupid cow
“for richer, for poorer..” Oh, I guess she skipped that part in the wedding vows.
I guess he skipped the ’til death do us part’ bit!!!!
Lady in red… no she will certainly be in the black.
Jaysus
I know how she feels. I don’t get much change out of my Jobseekers’ Allowance running my private jet. Sigh…
She seems just like your average mom.
Folks calm down it’s the US so normal rules , morality legality or societal norms DO NOT APPLY!
He must have agreed to give her minimum $40M on divorce as per the Prenup. Where I’m from a Premup is enforceable as a contract which itself impinges on the later contract of civil marriage and whatever is in the Prenup rules, end of !
If she is permitted to step outside their joint Prenup and extract more of his sole wealth then he needs to look at suing whoever drafted the Prenup as it should be righter than an ducks a*** !
Talking of farmyard animals WTF wants to be buying oats for a dead horse anyway no mattar how much roubles they have to spare or how nice a horse she used to be ?
Just asking like !
Grand. Give her the money for child support. But put restrictions on it so the money is only spent on the children. She already receives alimony, this money should be kept aside for her children. And she should not have sole custody.
Lazy bicth..make your own money. Dislike vermin like her.
She cares more about money than her kids. He should offer 1 billion for the kids, she will gladly take it. Moo
Tough, he wants his divorce he should have to pay for it.
I don’t blame her, I blame him. He obviously fired money at her left right and centre. Wonder would she the price of a litre of milk?
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It’s all pretty unsavoury, but, as minors, children from any past marriages should be entitled to the same standard of living as any of his or her future children would have, even if that is far in excess of their needs. That should apply whether the parent is earning $900 a year, or $900 million a year.
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