Kelly Rutherford was deep in the hole financially by 2013. As E! News reported, Rutherford had over $1 million in legal debt pertaining to her child custody case and several hundred thousand more dollars in other bills — not including her child support to Daniel Giersch. Unfortunately, at the time, Rutherford claimed that she was only bringing in $12,000 a month, which could be why she filed for bankruptcy.
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In May 2015, Kelly Rutherford gave an update on her custody battle to Us Weekly. “I’m just looking forward to them coming home at some point soon,” Rutherford said. “They’re U.S. citizens who were sent to a foreign country that neither their father nor I have any connection to. I think the whole thing is bizarre.” Later that year, Rutherford became emotional during a court hearing as she revealed how difficult it’d become to travel to see her kids — which cost about $5,000 per trip (via HOLA!) — due to her limited finances. “Then it became about when I could afford to go see them,” Rutherford said in court (via Page Six). “I had to spend so much time in Europe,” Rutherford added. “I’d love to be working, and to have my kids home and to have a normal life.”
