Kevin Federline responds to claims he’s transferring to Hawaii to increase baby assist from Britney Spears
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Kevin Federline shut down theories that he’s transferring to Hawaii along with his and Britney Spears’ two sons to use a toddler assist loophole.
“Lots of people say loads of silly issues,” Federline — who shares Sean Preston, 17, and Jayden James, 16, with Spears — instructed a paparazzo who requested him concerning the claims exterior of a McDonald’s on Monday in a video solely obtained by Web page Six.
Final month, Spears’ followers unfold rumors that Federline was transferring to the Aloha State so he might lengthen the variety of years that she has to pay him baby assist.
In Hawaii, funds are notably ordered for kids as much as the age of 23 if they’re enrolled full-time in both an accredited school or college or a vocational or commerce college.
“He’s doing this as a result of the courts can drive her to pay baby assist as much as the age of 23 in Hawaii,” one Twitter consumer surmised.
“Kevin desperately wanting to maneuver to Hawaii is unquestionably baby assist associated,” one other agreed.
“He’s exploiting her for cash,” a 3rd netizen claimed.
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One member of the Britney Military even went as far as to recommend that Federline was fleeing California simply after being sued for owing his different minor youngsters’s non-public college greater than $15,000 in tuition.
“Kevin Federline will get sued for not paying for the training of his children after which decides to maneuver to Hawaii the place he can apply to get baby assist till Britney’s boys are 23,” the critic tweeted. “It’s painfully apparent Britney remains to be trapped and will probably be so long as so many individuals rely on her $$$.”
Spears, 41, beforehand paid Federline, 45, $20,000 a month in baby assist, however he demanded a rise to $60,000 a month in Could 2018. He and the pop star, who has an estimated web price of $60 million, reached a confidential settlement that August.
In most states, baby assist stops as soon as a minor turns 18. Nevertheless, funds can generally be prolonged to the age of 19 if the kid is single and nonetheless a full-time highschool pupil.
Web page Six confirmed in Could that Federline needed to relocate his household so they might escape the publicity surrounding his well-known ex. He additionally stated his spouse, Victoria Prince, obtained a job provide in Hawaii.
We then solely reported that Spears was OK together with her sons transferring.
“To her credit score, Britney Spears won’t intrude with and consents to the relocation,” her lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, wrote in a letter to Federline’s lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan.
Rosengart went on to blast the DJ for publicly dragging the Grammy winner over the previous 12 months as a substitute of dealing with their points in non-public.
“I used to be significantly involved as a result of your shopper beforehand — and appallingly — violated their privateness, whereas egregiously violating Britney’s privateness, by releasing a personal video of Britney together with her youngsters, which was preceded by a tabloid tv interview,” the previous federal prosecutor wrote, referring to footage of Spears arguing with their sons and Federline’s bombshell ITV look final 12 months.
Rosengart additionally scoffed at Kaplan’s declare that Ok-Fed needed to guard his children from the highlight.
“It was additionally ironic [that you said] the youngsters needed to be ‘extra sheltered from the media’s scrutiny.’ That’s commendable. However [Federline’s] media interview did nothing to shelter them; as a substitute, it publicized the difficulty within the media,” he wrote.
Rosengart concluded his letter by calling Spears a “loving and supportive mom.”
The “Gimme Extra” singer, who was free of her 13-year conservatorship in November 2021, has been estranged from her sons for greater than a 12 months, and they didn’t attend her wedding ceremony to longtime accomplice Sam Asghari.
Nevertheless, Spears did lately lengthen an olive department to her youngsters by way of Instagram by sharing a throwback picture of Jayden and gushing over Preston forward of their transfer.
Spears and Federline had been married from October 2004 to July 2007. He wed Prince, 40, in August 2013, whereas the “Poisonous” singer and Asghari, 29, tied the knot in June 2022.
Federline additionally shares daughter Kori, 20, and son Kaleb, 18, along with his ex-fiancée Shar Jackson in addition to daughters Jordan, 11, and Peyton, 9, with Prince.