Eddie Murphy agrees to pay ex Mel B $35,000 in monthly child support for daughter Angel
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Eddie Murphy has agreed to pay ex Mel B $35,000 in monthly child support for their 15-year-old daughter, two years after the Spice Girl filed papers asking for more financial aid.
Court documents seen by DailyMail.com show the two agreed to a new child support plan for daughter Angel Iris Murphy Brown after Mel, 47, mentioned a change in her income.
Murphy, 61, has been paying British-born singer real name Melanie Brown $25,000 a month — $300.00 a year — since the exes settled their bitter paternity battle in February 2009.
The amended agreement, signed on August 17, states that the comedian, identified on the file as the “extraordinarily high earner,” will have to pay an additional $10,000 per month.
Court documents seen by DailyMail.com show that Mel B and Eddie Murphy have changed their child support agreement for 15-year-old daughter Angel Iris Murphy Brown (pictured right with her mother in 2016)
Mel, who has two other daughters – Phoenix Chi Gulzar (far left) and Madison Brown Belafonte ((center) – from previous relationships, gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown, on Murphy’s 46th birthday, April 3, 2007
Payments are to be made retroactively from October last year until Angel turns 18.
He also agrees to cover Brown’s $10,000 attorney’s fees.
“The parties agree that the defendant (Murphy) is an ‘extraordinarily high earner’…” is stated in court documents.
“The amount of child support stated below is calculated based on the reasonable needs of the minor child…
“From October 1, 2021, Defendant will pay Petitioner $35,000 per month with regard to child benefits for Angel.
‘Child support is payable by bank transfer and is due on the first calendar day of each month.’
However, the filing notes that Brown will be responsible for “add-on” costs, including health insurance, health care, extracurricular activities and educational expenses for Angel.
It also states that the agreement is a ‘non-directive child support order’ meaning that ‘a material change of circumstances’ is not required for amendment.
Brown first filed papers in October 2020 requesting more child support, claiming her income had fallen dramatically.
“Until recently, Melanie was fortunate enough to have a comfortable lifestyle for herself and Angel throughout her career,” the application reads.
Initially, Murphy – who now has ten children with five different women – repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Mel or their child, sparking a bitter paternity battle.
The Spice Girl, 47, filed court documents in 2020 after her income was drastically reduced and requested the comedian to also cover her attorney’s fees (pictured in 2011)
Mel B – pictured with Angel in a social media photo – had reportedly attempted to resolve the case ‘many times’ and ‘without court intervention’ before filing the papers last year
“Unfortunately, Melanie’s income has fallen drastically, so she has to consider adjusting child support for the first time.”
At the time, reports claimed that Brown had allegedly attempted to resolve the case “many times,” “without court intervention,” to no avail.
Mel, who has two other daughters from previous relationships, gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown, on Murphy’s 46th birthday, April 3, 2007.
On June 22, 2007, the star’s representatives announced that a DNA test had confirmed Murphy was the father.
Initially, Murphy – who now has ten children with five different women – repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Mel or their child, with reports claiming she tricked him into getting pregnant.
But the actor eventually changed his mind.
Mel spoke about their messy breakup in her 2018 memoir and revealed that it was thanks to his mother, Lillian Lynch, that Angel reunited with her father in May 2017 and the two are now in a close relationship.