Bonaduce must pay $16K to wife each month

Marriage, his addiction were topics of show ‘Breaking Bonaduce’

Rene Macura / AP

A judge has signed off on the amicable end to former "Partridge Family" child star Danny Bonaduce's nearly 18-year marriage. Bonaduce will pay $16,000 a month to his ex-wife, Gretchen, for spousal and child support.

Celebrity video

Big changes in store for Oprah?
Nov. 8: Is the queen of daytime television preparing to give up her popular talk show to focus on her own cable network? NBC’s Kevin Tibbles reports, then Rolling Stone contributor Toure and CNBC’s Carmen Wong Ulrich join Jenna Wolfe to discuss the financial and cultural impact of a potential move.

Fans walk out on Spears in Australia

One-on-one with Hulk Hogan

Fran Drescher dishes on her love life

Brokaw, Hanks relaunch WWII Museum

Harden unveils ‘Big Book of Dreams’

Slideshow

Best and worst celebrity fashions of 2009
From glamorous gowns to stylish suits to complete fashion failures, a look at the year so far.

more photos

updated 7:02 p.m. ET Nov. 5, 2008

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has signed off on the amicable end to Danny Bonaduce's nearly 18-year marriage. Bonaduce will pay $16,000 a month to his ex-wife, Gretchen, for spousal and child support. The former couple will retain joint custody of their children, who are 14 and 7 years old.

Their marriage was the subject of the reality show, "Breaking Bonaduce," which also chronicled the former child star's bout with addiction. Gretchen Bonaduce filed for divorce in April 2007.

Danny Bonaduce now hosts a radio talk show in Los Angeles, as well as VH1's "I Know My Kid's a Star."

Story continues below ↓

advertisement | your ad here

Documents signed by a judge on Thursday indicate Bonaduce isn't giving up on marriage: he's keeping the rights to sell a show called "The Next Mrs. Bonaduce."