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Dennis Hopper has been ordered to pay his estranged wife $12,000 a month.
The 73-year-old actor - who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer - was not in court yesterday (05.04.10) to hear Superior Court Judge Amy Pellman rule that he must pay Victoria Duffy $8,000 a month in spousal support and $4,000 in child support for their seven-year-old daughter Galen.
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The rulings come after months of arguments between the former couple - which has seen Victoria allege the actor's three children from previous marriages have turned him against her and want her to be cut from his will, while Dennis applied for a court order that ensured his 42-year-old spouse must stay at least 10ft away from him in order to eliminate unnecessary stress.
During the hearing, the judge told both sides there need to be "street-cleaning on both sides of this street," pointing out that Galen needs to prepare for the loss of her father.
She added: "Having her extended family in a war with her mother is not in her best interests."
Another hearing on how to divide the actor's life insurance policy will take place next month.