Faysal Zedan, a Saudi Ambassador to the United States was married in 1966. He was then married again in the United States to Sylvie Westheim in 1995. The couple had three children together. When 2006 rolled around the marriage was annulled after a finding that Zedan was still married to his wife from 1966.
The court ordered Zedan to pay $7,000 a month in child support and alimony to Westheim. Westheim claimed he has not paid child support and took Zedan to court where the court found Zedan in contempt and ordered him to pay over $200,000 in past child support and alimony.
On appeal the Virginia Court of Appeals overturned this ruling. The court held that Zedan did not have proper notice of the annulment or the court ordered child support and alimony to be considered in contempt of court, even though he was in communication with Westheim. Now the 70-year-old Ambassador must start paying $7,000 a month to Sylvie Westheim and their three children, but does not have to pay back the unpaid child support for the past 6 years. The Ambassador’s child support is astronomically higher than average because child support is determined by a percentage of income, and the Ambassador makes a great deal of money.
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