Eddie Murphy has reportedly agreed to pay former Spice Girl Mel B child support for the couple’s 15-year-old daughter.
The Hollywood actor will now pay $35,000 (£32,000), an increase of $10,000, in monthly child support for Angel Iris Murphy Brown.
This comes two years after Mel B filed papers requesting more financial help.
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Murphy, who is identified in the filing as an “extraordinarily high earner”, will have to now give an extra $10,000 a month.
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He had been paying the British singer $25,000 a month since they settled a paternity suit in February 2009. The payments are to be made retroactively from October 2021 up until Angel turns 18.
Court documents seen by the Daily Mail show the parents have agreed to a new child support arrangement after the mother cited a change in her income. .
Murphy also agreed to cover Brown’s attorney fees, which were $10,000. The court documents say: “The amount of child support set forth hereinbelow has been calculated based on the reasonable needs of the minor child…
“Commencing October 1, 2021, as and for child support for the benefit of Angel, Respondent shall pay to Petitioner the sum of $35,000 per month.”
The documents state that Brown will be responsible for any “add-on” costs, which could include health care, education expenses, health insurance and extracurricular activities.
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The agreement is a “non-guideline child support order”, which means “a material change of circumstances” is not required for modification.
Mel B first filed the papers requesting extra child support in October 2020, saying her income had decreased dramatically.
It said: “Until recently, Melanie has been fortunate in her career to sustain a comfortable lifestyle for herself and Angel. Unfortunately, Melanie’s income has dramatically reduced, such that she must consider modifying child support for the first time.”
Mel gave birth to Angel on Murphy’s 46th birthday, April 3, 2007, and it was announced later that year a DNA test had confirmed that Murphy was the father.
At first Murphy didn’t have much to do with his daughter, but Mel said in her 2018 memoir that Murphy’s mother, Lillian Lynch, was instrumental in being reunited with his daughter.
Murphy has a total of 10 children with five different women, while Mel has two other daughters from a previous relationship.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
