• Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend a basketball game between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California, on May 12, 2012, the year the couple began dating. EPA
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend a basketball game between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California, on May 12, 2012, the year the couple began dating. EPA
  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Valentino show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 4, 2012 in Paris, France. Getty Images
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Valentino show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 4, 2012 in Paris, France. Getty Images
  • Kim Kardashian, then pregnant with their first child, daughter North, and Kanye West attend the Givenchy show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 3, 2013 in Paris, France. Getty Images
    Kim Kardashian, then pregnant with their first child, daughter North, and Kanye West attend the Givenchy show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 3, 2013 in Paris, France. Getty Images
  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, US, on May 6, 2013. Kardashian gave birth to North the following month. EPA
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, US, on May 6, 2013. Kardashian gave birth to North the following month. EPA
  • The couple scored the April 2014 cover of 'Vogue' magazine. Courtesy Vogue
    The couple scored the April 2014 cover of 'Vogue' magazine. Courtesy Vogue
  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Met Gala at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, US, on May 5, 2014. EPA
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Met Gala at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, US, on May 5, 2014. EPA
  • People gather around Kim Kardashian, centre, and Kanye West, left, as they leave their residence in Paris on May 23, 2014, before their wedding. AFP
    People gather around Kim Kardashian, centre, and Kanye West, left, as they leave their residence in Paris on May 23, 2014, before their wedding. AFP
  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West make their way down the aisle after their wedding on May 24, 2014, at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. Courtesy E! Entertainment Television
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West make their way down the aisle after their wedding on May 24, 2014, at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. Courtesy E! Entertainment Television
  • Kim Kardashian, baby North West, Kanye West and Helene Arnault attend the Givenchy show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on September 28, 2014 in Paris, France. Getty Images
    Kim Kardashian, baby North West, Kanye West and Helene Arnault attend the Givenchy show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on September 28, 2014 in Paris, France. Getty Images
  • Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Lacma Art + Film Gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California, on November 1, 2014. EPA
    Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Lacma Art + Film Gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California, on November 1, 2014. EPA
  • Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Kris Jenner attend the Balmain show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 5, 2015 in Paris, France. Getty Images
    Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Kris Jenner attend the Balmain show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 5, 2015 in Paris, France. Getty Images
  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California, on February 8, 2015. EPA
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California, on February 8, 2015. EPA
  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Met Gala at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, US, on May 4, 2015. EPA
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Met Gala at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, US, on May 4, 2015. EPA
  • Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Time 100 Gala at Frederick P Rose Hall in New York, US, on April 21, 2015. EPA
    Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Time 100 Gala at Frederick P Rose Hall in New York, US, on April 21, 2015. EPA
  • Kayne West and Kim Kardashian, pregnant with son Saint, attend the 32nd MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on August 30, 2015. EPA
    Kayne West and Kim Kardashian, pregnant with son Saint, attend the 32nd MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on August 30, 2015. EPA
  • Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Louis Vuitton show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2018 in Paris, France. Getty Images
    Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Louis Vuitton show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2018 in Paris, France. Getty Images
  • Corey Gamble, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott arrive at the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, US, on May 6, 2019. EPA
    Corey Gamble, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott arrive at the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, US, on May 6, 2019. EPA
  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, on February 9, 2020. EPA
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, on February 9, 2020. EPA
  • Visitors take a photo with the wax figures of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at Madame Tussaud's in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 14, 2020. EPA
    Visitors take a photo with the wax figures of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at Madame Tussaud's in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 14, 2020. EPA
  • Kim Kardashian and Rappers, Kanye West and J Cole attend the 69th NBA All-Star Game as part of 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend on February 16, 2020 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. AFP
    Kim Kardashian and Rappers, Kanye West and J Cole attend the 69th NBA All-Star Game as part of 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend on February 16, 2020 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. AFP
  • Kanye West and Kim Kardashian head out of their hotel on October 09, 2021 in New York City. Getty Images
    Kanye West and Kim Kardashian head out of their hotel on October 09, 2021 in New York City. Getty Images

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West settle divorce, with $200,000 per month in child payments


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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, have reached a settlement in their divorce, averting a trial that had been set for next month, court documents filed on Tuesday showed.

The former couple and their attorneys filed documents asking for a judge's approval of terms they have agreed on, including $200,000 per month child support payments from Ye to Kardashian.

The two will have joint custody, and neither will pay the other spousal support, according to the documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The judge declared the two legally single at Kardashian's request in March, ending their eight-year marriage, but issues of property and custody remained that were to be worked out in a trial starting December 14.

The two have four children whose ages range from three to nine years old.

Kardashian and Ye will equally split the expenses for the children's private security and private school, including college, according to the settlement proposal.

They will also each pay their own debts, the settlement said. The two had a pre-nuptial agreement and kept their property largely separate.

The couple began dating in 2012 and had their first child in 2013. West proposed later that year at the empty waterfront ballpark of the San Francisco Giants, and the two married May 24, 2014, in a ceremony at a Renaissance fortress in Florence, Italy.

The two appeared to be headed for a cordial split with agreed-upon terms when Kardashian first filed for divorce in February of 2021. Neither discussed the split publicly until early this year, when Ye started lashing out on social media against Kardashian, her family, and then-boyfriend Pete Davidson. Among his complaints were that he was not being allowed to make major parenting decisions and was been excluded from birthday parties and other events for their children.

Ye, who has fired two lawyers since the divorce filing, also raised several technical issues and demands, including seeking the right to question any new husband of Kardashian’s under oath, which Judge Steve Cochran promptly rejected.

The settlement comes soon after several companies have cut ties with Ye over offensive and antisemitic remarks that have further eroded an already withering public image.

His latest lawyer, Nicholas Salick, did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the settlement.

It was the third marriage for Kardashian, the reality TV superstar, businesswoman and influencer, and the first marriage for the rap and fashion mogul Ye. Theirs was one of the most closely followed celebrity unions in recent decades.

Updated: May 11, 2023, 6:41 AM