Dorit Kemsley and Paul “PK” Kemsley spent October 28 in court in Los Angeles, and walked out with half a settlement.
After a day-long session at Los Angeles County Superior Court, the couple reached a partial financial agreement, Page Six reported on October 29. Judge George Bird spent nearly an hour in chambers with their lawyers before sending the couple to meet with another judge in a separate department to work through their custody differences.
The terms stayed secret for five days. Then attorney Ronald Richards posted them on Instagram on November 3: PK agreed to pay Dorit $65,000 — four months of retroactive support at $15,000 a month, plus $5,000 to help her move. The $15,000 a month covers both child and spousal support, Richards said, and the full amount is due November 13.
That is a long way from the $40,000 a month Dorit requested. It also buys her time: her move-out date moves from November 1 to November 13, the same day the money is due. Richards said PK plans to sell the house once she is out. Dorit also agreed to let PK get the children’s passports so he can take them to London for winter break.
None of this is a court order. Neither Dorit nor PK has confirmed the figures, and the terms have not been verified through a public court filing — this is Richards’ post, as reported. The custody fight is still open: the couple returns November 24 to keep settling, with virtual mediation December 2.
Custody of their two children, Jagger, 12, and Phoenix, 10, remains unresolved. The couple was ordered to virtual mediation on December 2 and is scheduled to return to court on November 24.
The money fight, on paper, runs in both directions. Dorit requested $40,000 a month from PK, according to court filings as reported. PK’s accountant argued the other way — that Dorit should pay PK $581 a month in child support — with reported monthly incomes of about $166,000 for Dorit against $107,943 for PK. Neither figure is an order. Both are positions in a case that is still open.
Hours before the partial settlement, PK filed a declaration attacking Dorit’s parenting, according to documents obtained by TMZ and reported by Reality Tea on November 2. He claimed Dorit excluded him from school decisions, writing that her “complete and intentional lack of communication and collaboration” was “shocking and disheartening.” He wrote: “I have no communication from [Dorit] about [our son’s] school events unless [our son] himself tells me.”
PK described Dorit’s approach as “parenting from afar,” called her “not a present parent,” and claimed she began delegating everyday responsibilities to the nanny and housekeeper years ago. He alleged the nannies pick the children up from school, prepare their meals, and handle other daily responsibilities. Dorit disputes his allegations.
PK’s witness list calls Dorit’s personal assistant and the children’s longtime nanny to testify about Dorit’s interactions with the kids, according to court documents via TMZ. That is the next flashpoint in the custody fight: not a ruling, but who gets put on the stand to describe the home.
Dorit, for her part, has accused PK of using the law to try to make her “homeless,” according to The Blast. The couple married in New York City on March 7, 2015, announced their separation on May 9, 2024, and Dorit filed for divorce in April 2025.
So the scoreboard after October 28 reads like this: part of the money is settled — on the attorney’s account, not a court order — the children are not settled at all, and the nanny may end up testifying before either side gets what it asked for.
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Sources: Page Six (October 29, 2026); Reality Tea (November 2, 2026, via TMZ court documents); The Blast (November 2, 2026); RealityBlurb (November 5, 2026, reporting attorney Ronald Richards’ November 3 Instagram post); EntertainmentNow (November 5, 2026).