Is this a new trend? Paying child support before you get the divorce? Well it seems embattled ex-governor Arnold Schwarzennegger is doing just that. Sources say that Schwarzenegger is paying his soon to be ex-wife Maria Shriver a very nice sum of money. Arnold is also paying for his sons, Patrick and Christopher's private school bills.
The couple has yet to take any financial agreement to court. But before that, Schwarzenegger has willingly decided to take care of his childrens' financial needs. Does this mean the battle for alimony will be a cut and dry case, with both parting ways amicably? Probably not.
Even though Maria is a Kennedy, and has inherited a great deal of money from her parents' estate since their deaths, she is taking the child support," sources say. "Under California law she is entitled to the child support, once either one of them files for divorce. Maria and Arnold's lawyers have been working on a divorce settlement but in the meantime Arnold is willingly paying the money to Maria.
Shriver is currently working with forensic accountants to garner an exact reading of her husband's vast net worth. We have no doubt that, although humiliated, Shriver will be walking away from her 25 year marriage as an even richer lady.
"Maria wants to get a fair divorce settlement, and move on with her life," the source explained. "She has already begun to do so. She and Arnold talk quite often, it would surprise people how gracious Maria is being about the entire situation. Maria doesn't want the kids to suffer because of stupid decisions their father made."
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