Another day another athlete with a child support lawsuit. The latest is Miami Heat’s Mario Chalmers. Now Chalmers has been paying child support for his now three-year old daughter Queen Elizabeth Chalmers, but since he’s now making substantially more money, his child’s mother wants an increase as well. Read more after the jump.
According to Gossip Extra:
Chalmers was ordered by a Miami-Dade County family judge to give up his financial documents during a hearing on Thursday. Chalmers, 26, has 30 days to make it happen. The hearing was called in the re-opening of a 2011 paternity and child support lawsuit brought by Chalmers’ longtime girlfriend when he played for the University of Kansas.
The case was originally closed in January 2012, when Chalmers was found to be the father of a now three-year-old girl named Queen Elizabeth Chalmers. Chalmers signed off on a child support deal with mom Brittany Burrough, whom he currently pays $2,600-a-month.
Now, however, he’s making much more after he received a three-year contract extension.
“Mr. Chalmers has been a gentlemen and has been paying as agreed,” said Burrough’s lawyer, Roger Schindler. “But Mr. Chalmers is also a very talented athlete whose income has substantially grown since that agreement.”
Actually, it grew at least fourfold — to $4 million a year.
“We’re asking for a modification of the child support agreement to something that’s fair to both parties,” Schindler said.
Schindler cited Florida’s legal principle of “good fortune” child support, in which a parent making seven figures could be forced to pay more than the state’s established guidelines.
Chalmers’ attorney didn’t return calls for comment.
