Dennis Quaid Goes to Court to End $13,750 Monthly Child Support as His Twins Finish High School

Dennis Quaid, 72, filed a petition on May 22 to terminate $13,750 per month in child support to ex-wife Kimberly Buffington, 54 — the payments cover their 18-year-old twins, Zoe and Thomas, who are graduating high school this spring
Daughter Zoe graduated on May 23; son Thomas’s graduation is June 3; Quaid’s filing argues the support should end on each child’s respective graduation date, consistent with the terms of his 2018 divorce agreement with Buffington
The divorce agreement states that payments end “when a child completes 12th grade” — Quaid’s petition is framing the move as a straightforward application of that clause rather than a modification of the original order
In addition to the base $13,750 monthly payment, Quaid is required to pay additional amounts when his income exceeds a certain threshold

Dennis Quaid is heading to court — not for a movie role, but to formally close out a chapter of his post-divorce finances. The actor, 72, filed a petition on May 22 to terminate $13,750 per month in child support payments to his ex-wife Kimberly Buffington, 54, now that their twins are graduating high school, per USA Today.

Quaid and Buffington’s daughter Zoe, 18, crossed the graduation stage on May 23. Her twin brother Thomas is set to graduate June 3. Under the couple’s 2018 divorce agreement, child support payments are structured to end “when a child completes 12th grade” — and Quaid’s petition asks the court to recognize that milestone for each twin on their respective graduation dates.

Beyond the flat monthly figure, Quaid has also been on the hook for additional payments tied to his income — an arrangement common in high-earner divorce settlements that scales support with what the paying parent actually brings in. Per TMZ, Quaid’s filing is asking the court to terminate both the base support and the income-contingent top-up as the twins age out of the agreement’s terms.

Quaid and Buffington, who married in 2004, finalized their divorce in 2018 after several years of legal proceedings. The twins are their only children together.