Olivier Martinez Seeks Child Support Modification

Olivier Martinez has asked a Los Angeles court to modify the child-support order he shares with Halle Berry, saying a change in their son’s physical custody means the existing arrangement should be recalculated. His filing does not specify a new amount.

Martinez filed the request on November 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to accounts of the court papers. The order, established after the couple’s divorce in 2023, reflects an arrangement in which they shared physical custody equally, he said. Berry currently pays him $8,000 a month, plus 4.3% of her income above $2 million, according to the filing.

A judge’s October 29 ruling left Martinez with primary physical custody of their 13-year-old son, Maceo, and barred Berry from overnight visits. The parents continue to share legal custody. The custody arrangement followed a dispute in which Martinez alleged Berry had physically abused their son during a September incident. Berry denied the allegations, and the court later dissolved the temporary domestic violence restraining order against her and denied Martinez’s request to make it permanent.

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