Court docs: Terri Horman wants divorce matter delayed
PORTLAND, Ore. - A lawyer representing Terri Horman, the stepmother of missing 7-year-old Kyron Horman, has filed a motion to set aside the divorce matter between her and Kyron’s father, Kaine Horman, until a later date.
Terri’s divorce attorney, Peter Bunch, said in the “motion to abate” document that the divorce proceedings should be set aside until a later date because of the intense scrutiny she’s under in the investigation into the disappearance of Kyron.
“As a result of the intense scrutiny, and speculation, it is virtually impossible for me to proceed with divorce-related issues in as I would ordinarily do,” Bunch wrote in the document.
He said the scrutiny comes from relentless media coverage of his client’s every move and reports by the media that she is “the center” of the investigation.
Bunch said that Kaine Horman’s recent claim that Terri Horman has paid her attorney, Stephen Houze, $350,000 is “grossly misstated.”
He also denied that Terri borrowed money to pay Houze. That money "did not come from her funds, and she's not asserting that her attorney fees with Mr. Houze are any sort of marital debt," he wrote.
Bunch also questioned Kaine’s claim that he is entitled to half of that money because he doesn’t have enough to support himself and his family.
“It is my understanding that (Kaine) is employed at Intel and has a good salary, and that (Kaine) had sufficient savings to fund the cost of his divorce as recently as several weeks ago,” Bunch wrote in the court filing.
In contrast, he said Terri has no job and can’t get one under the scrutiny she is currently under.
Additionally, Bunch said that Kaine is using the divorce proceedings for purposes other than ending his marriage to Terri.
“It certainly does not serve the interests of either party to have the divorce process complicated by the necessity of dealing with inquiries that would be related to the investigation of (Terri), rather than the divorce,” Bunch said.
This story is in progress and will be updated . . .
