Sia agrees to pay husband over $42k per month in child support

[Teletubby 158,063]

Sia has agreed to pay her estranged husband Dan Bernad more than $42,500 per month in spousal support.

Bernad had initially requested more than $250,000 in temporary spousal support.

The Chandelier singer and Bernad have reached an agreement over child support and custody of their two-year-old, Somersault Wonder Bernad, a year after Sia filed for divorce.

The 50-year-old agreed to pay Bernad $42,500 per month in child support, beginning on 1 April. The payments will continue until Somersault turns 18.

Following a long custody battle, the former couple have now agreed to share joint legal custody of Somersault, while physical custody will follow a set schedule that outlines specific weekdays and weekends, as well as a detailed breakdown of holiday plans. Bernad will have Somersault for Father's Day and Jewish holidays such as Hanukkah, while Sia will have their young son on Mother's Day, Easter and Christmas. They will rotate custody for other occasions, like Thanksgiving.  x

[OMonster 14,995]

Jeez. That's half a million every year. For 16 years. Over 8 million in total. 

Sia's yearly income must be huge for a court to enforce that. 

[PartySick 169,023]

They named their kid "Somersault"?

[Teletubby 158,063]

4 minutes ago, PartySick said:

They named their kid "Somersault"?

they love Benson Boone  

[PartySick 169,023]

1 minute ago, Teletubby said:

they love Benson Boone  

Rich people need to be stopped  

[Ladle Ghoulash 39,394]

10 minutes ago, PartySick said:

They named their kid "Somersault"?

Not Somersault Wonderbread 🪦

[PartySick 169,023]

2 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Not Somersault Wonderbread 🪦

Makes me think of I Am Bread

[Luke78619 23,511]

Truly think for a sum this large that it would need to be spent and proven to be spent towards the child’s care, rather than him spending a tiny percentage of that a month and pocketing the rest for himself, I cannot see why any child care amount would require this 

[Economy 52,022]

2 hours ago, OMonster said:

Jeez. That's half a million every year. For 16 years. Over 8 million in total. 

Sia's yearly income must be huge for a court to enforce that. 

I think even when incomes are huge there should be a cap on child support tbh...

 

There comes a point where u run into limits on what you can spend for the child even if u use that money to not work and stay at home all day and it jjst becomes them subsidizing a life of extreme luxury for them

 

Im gonna say anything more than 15K a month starts to become questionable (maybe slightly more in high cost areas)

 

Cuz at that point, u can afford really nice place to live, vacations, good food, good education, the parent who stays with you doesnt have to work and can give you all their attention etc. So ot just becomes the ex becoming a moocher at that point

 

Im all for the rich paying up more but broadly speaking so in taxes to society, not to a specific single individual who didnt earn it

[timdrake 1,596]

damn thats one expensive baby

[Hyoha 1,630]

1 hour ago, Luke78619 said:

Truly think for a sum this large that it would need to be spent and proven to be spent towards the child’s care, rather than him spending a tiny percentage of that a month and pocketing the rest for himself, I cannot see why any child care amount would require this 

I may be wrong, but I think these rulings have something to do with the child’s standards of living and also to make sure both their parents have a somewhat equal footing in their upbringing.

If they have access to everything they could ever want/need when next to their mother, and their father makes a lot less money and can’t provide them the level of comfort they are used to…what do you think is going to happen?

Human beings are materialistic and greedy creatures, and so are children who have lived in luxury all their life. If one divorced parent gives them “everything” and the other doesn’t, who will end up having an upper hand and a bigger influence in that child’s upbringing?

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1 hour ago, Luke78619 said:

Truly think for a sum this large that it would need to be spent and proven to be spent towards the child’s care, rather than him spending a tiny percentage of that a month and pocketing the rest for himself, I cannot see why any child care amount would require this 

Most of it is actually going to a stipend for all the therapy she'll need for being named Somersault Wonder

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11 minutes ago, Hyoha said:

I may be wrong, but I think these rulings have something to do with the child’s standards of living and also to make sure both their parents have a somewhat equal footing in their upbringing.

If they have access to everything they could ever want/need when next to their mother, and their father makes a lot less money and can’t provide them the level of comfort they are used to…what do you think is going to happen?

Human beings are materialistic and greedy creatures, and so are children who have lived in luxury all their life. If one divorced parent gives them “everything” and the other doesn’t, who will end up having an upper hand and a bigger influence in that child’s upbringing?

I think thats a fair point. Even so, i think there should be some kind of cap or limit. 

 

I do think if one person is very wealthy they should provide enough for the child to live under more luxury than a typical person, it just makes sense under those specific circumstances. But too much is gonna end up just resulting in the subsidized parent pocketing much of it

 

Dont get me wrong, under those circunstances they may not work all those years and loose years in a lucratove career to get them ahead in life so I think theres a case to be made they do deserve to he conpensated to a degree for those lost years as the parent who stayed home with the child. But within reason

[Roughhouse Dandy 12,860]

Men get a job challenge

[27monster27 15,273]

That is a very large amount, though given that Sia has pretty clearly cared way more about Maddie Ziegler (way too much, mind you) than her own child, it makes sense.