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Olivier Martinez asks court to raise Halle Berry's child support while Maceo lives with him

With Maceo now living with him most of the time, Olivier Martinez wants Halle Berry's $8,000 monthly child support recalculated.

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Olivier Martinez is going back to court over money. The French actor wants Halle Berry to pay more to support their son Maceo now that the 13-year-old spends most of his time under his roof.

Before late September the former couple split custody evenly. That changed after a September 26 incident in which Martinez claims Berry put Maceo in a headlock. He rushed to get a temporary restraining order. The judge granted it, cutting Berry's time with the boy to occasional visits that add up to about 18 percent. On October 29 Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Shelley Kaufman dissolved the temporary restraining order and denied Martinez's request for a permanent one. She left the modified custody split in place.

Why he wants more

Martinez says that as long as the current custody order stands he is carrying the bigger load. With Maceo living with him roughly 82 percent of the time, he argues his monthly costs have gone up.

Berry currently pays Martinez $8,000 each month for Maceo. She also owes 4.3 percent of whatever she earns above $2 million a year. Martinez wants those figures reworked to match the new parenting split.

His own finances

His filing also lays out his own money situation. He says he takes home an average of only $776 a month in acting residuals. Against that he claims costs topping $17,500 a month once projected needs are counted.

He has not put a number on how much more he wants. Martinez says he is still waiting to see Berry's financial records before he submits his own child support calculations. Page Six first reported the filing.

Custody fight continues

The battle over Maceo is far from finished. A judge has scheduled another hearing for December 17. Until then the current custody orders remain in place.

Earlier this month Martinez also asked the court to make Berry cover about $240,000 of his legal bills.

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