Kelly Clarkson finally settled her divorce, Brandon will get roughly $3.8 million-plus

Whenever we’ve discussed Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock’s divorce, I’m always just flabbergasted by Brandon’s f–king audacity. Brandon and his father defrauded Kelly out of millions of dollars through willful incompetence and bad practices, and after costing Kelly millions of dollars, Brandon has spent the better part of two years trying to get every cent he can from Kelly in the divorce. He’s such a piece of sh-t. At various times, Brandon has asked for millions of dollars a year in “support” and he’s also been squatting on their big Montana property throughout, even though Kelly bought the home herself. He also spent months challenging her prenup, only for the court to uphold it. Anyway, their divorce is finally done.

Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock have FINALLY settled their bitter divorce case, and Kelly’s walking away with the lion’s share of assets, although he’s getting a pretty penny in support. L.A. Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon has just signed off on the terms. Kelly will have primary custody of their 2 kids. Brandon, who lives in Montana, will have the kids one weekend a month … at least for now.

Speaking of Montana, as we reported, Kelly will keep the Montana ranch, but Brandon is allowed to live there until June 1. He must, however, pay her rent — $12,500 a month. If Brandon moves from Montana to another state, the custody arrangement will be reevaluated.

As we reported, Brandon challenged their prenup, but after a trial the judge affirmed its validity — and that was a big win for Kelly. We’re told she makes around $20 mil a year, and that’s all hers.

Brandon will get spousal support — $115,000 a month — but that ends in January 2024.

He also gets $45,600 a month in child support. Although he only gets the kids one weekend a month, the amount reflects the overhead he has to pay to ensure the kids can stay comfortably. Kelly’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, can go back into court and ask for an adjustment if, say, Brandon moves somewhere else and the overhead expenses changes.

She’s also paying him $1.3 million as part of the settlement.

The judge restored their single status back in September. The judge also removed Blackstock from Kelly’s name, and she now goes by Kelly Brianne. Brianne is her middle name, and although professionally she’ll still be known as Kelly Clarkson, legally she has dropped Clarkson. It appears she made the change because she is not a fan of her father.

[From TMZ]

So… $1.3 million as a flat payment to get out of the marriage, plus roughly $2.5 million in spousal support over the course of the next two years, plus $45,600 a month in child support. Those figures are only a fraction of what Brandon asked for, but those figures are a lot higher than what Kelly would like to pay. I also suspect that Brandon was dragging this out with the hope that he would exhaust Kelly and she would just pay him to go away. I’m glad she stuck it out. And I hope Kelly rises like a phoenix from the ashes of this toxic marriage. She deserves all of the good things.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.

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