According to a recent report from the Vancouver Sun, Duncan Keith’s ‘soon-to-be ex-wife‘, Kelly-Rae Keith, lost an interim bid in B.C. Supreme Court to get her husband to pay $150, 000 per month in spousal support.

Here’s an excerpt from the Vancouver Sun’s report:

Kelly Keith had sought the huge interim payout, along with $69, 270 per month in child support, claiming she had suffered “economic hardship and disadvantages” arising from the couple’s marriage breakdown in June 2014. Duncan argued that Kelly should receive $15, 000 in spousal support and $10, 000 for their son.

The couple, both 32, had been together since they were teenagers and started living together in 2009 when Kelly moved to Chicago where Duncan was playing hockey for the Blackhawks. Kelly couldn’t work in the U.S. and ran a charity in the couple’s name.

Since they separated last year, the court heard that Duncan, who earns more than $9 million annually as an All-Star defenceman, had paid Kelly $10, 000 per month as well as another $10, 000 monthly for the mortgage and other expenses on the couple’s Naramata property, where she lives with their two-year-old son Colton.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice George MacIntosh ruled that the child support claim for Colton was “disproportionately high, at least in this interim stage” and ordered Keith to pay Kelly $15, 000 per month to care for their son.

He also ordered that Duncan pay Kelly $45, 000 per month in spousal support, saying he considered it “adequate” for addressing the economic hardship and disadvantages of the couple’s split. But he drew the line at making the payments retroactive. Duncan will also continue to pay the mortgage and expenses on the Naramata property.

This sounds like the first step of a very complicated divorce procedure apparently happening in Canada. Back in July, Duncan Keith announced to the world that he was getting a divorce from Kelly-Rae and requested the public respect his privacy.

“Obviously, I’d really like to be there at the convention because I always enjoy meeting new fans and seeing old ones, so that’s a little frustrating not being able to celebrate with all of them, ” Keith said. “But in my own situation, I am going through a divorce. I’ve been separated for over a year now. I think right now my time needs to be spent with my son and I’m doing everything I can to spend as much time with him and dealing with a lot going on right now. I hope everybody can respect that and our privacy. Kelly and I are doing our best to co-parent Colton and raise him in a loving environment whether he’s with her or with me. This is part of that.”

Recent reports indicate Keith has a new girlfriend, but he has an interesting legal battle ahead of him in divorce court.

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