While there have been plenty of marriages in Hollywood that have only lasted a couple years, if not significantly shorter, there are also a handful that have lasted much longer. In the case of Dances with Wolves and The Untouchables actor Kevin Costner, he and his wife, Christine Baumgartner, married in 2004 and share three children together. However, it’s been revealed that the couple is divorcing after 18 years.
Word’s come in that Christine Baumgartner filed divorce papers on Monday, though there was no specific reasoning for why she’d decided to terminate the marriage, only the standard “irreconcilable differences.” Both she and Kevin Costner have asked for joint custody of their two sons and one daughter, who are respectively aged 12, 14 and 15. It was also mentioned that Christine is not asking for spousal support, as there was a prenup between the two of them. Kevin Costner’s representative said this in a statement to TMZ:
