Overview
- Late July court papers show Pierce formally opposed Princess Santiago’s request for roughly $29,811–$30,000 per month and $100,000 in legal fees while asking the court for joint legal and physical custody and proposing about $4,145 per month in support.
- The filings, produced as part of the opposition, list average monthly post‑retirement income of about $128,000 in 2025 and $165,000 in the first half of 2026 and itemize payments from Fox, endorsements, YouTube and other sources.
- Pierce told the court his Fox residuals will stop in September 2026 and said that will cut his income by nearly half, a claim he uses to argue the lower support figure is appropriate.
- He also says he already pays roughly $20,000 a month in spousal support and $24,000 a month in child support for four other children and that he had been voluntarily sending Santiago $5,000 monthly before the dispute.
- Santiago’s filings seek sole custody, the near‑$30,000 monthly support figure, pregnancy and birth expenses and about $100,000 for attorney fees, and the California family court will now weigh the competing financial disclosures and custody claims with the September residuals cutoff as a near‑term factor.