EX-WIFE DEMANDS $

320,000 FOR CHILD-SUPPORT LOS ANGELES, JANUARY 16, ARMENPRESS:- The ex-wife of US billionaire of Armenian descent Kirk Kerkorian is asking a court for the biggest child-support award ever in California - $320,000 a month - to care for their 3-year-old daughter, AP reported. In court documents, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian lists monthly expenses for daughter Kira including: $144,000 for travel; $14,000 for parties and play dates; $7,000 for charity; $4,300 for food, plus $5,900 to eat out; $2,500 for movies, theaters and outings; $1,400 for laundry and cleaning; $1,000 for toys, videos and books; and $436 for care of Kira°s bunny and other pets. Lisa Kerkorian, a 36-year-old former tennis pro, said her 84-year-old ex-husband promised to take care of Kira°s every need. "In all our discussions ... the word ªneeds° never meant basic needs, but what was required to maintain her in the station of life and with all the things and benefits befitting the daughter of Kirk Kerkorian,°° Lisa Kerkorian said in a 33-page court document filed last week. Kerkorian, a casino mogul and majority shareholder of MGM Mirage Inc., is ranked by Forbes magazine as the 46th richest person in the world with a fortune estimated at about $6.5 billion. Even though she is a multimillionaire, Lisa Kerkorian argued she was "unable to remotely provide any aspect of the lifestyle that Kirk established for Kira," including vacation trips by private jet. Kerkorian has remained silent on the case, but his lawyer, Dennis M. Wasser, calls Lisa Kerkorian°s account "fiction." Lisa Kerkorian "talks a lot about the best interests of Kira, but it clearly is not in Kira°s best interest for this matter to have been made public," Wasser said. The couple met in 1986 and became romantically involved after Lisa Kerkorian°s first marriage broke up in 1991. Lisa Kerkorian said she pressed him to marry her, but he refused; she tried to leave in the summer of 1997 but soon found out she was pregnant, according to the court documents. Kerkorian agreed to marry Lisa in 1999 - 17 months after Kira was born - on the condition that his wife file for divorce a month later and that she waive her right to spousal support, the documents say. Kerkorian agreed to pay $50,000 a month in child support, and for a time upped that to $75,000 a month. But Lisa Kerkorian contends that is not enough for Kira, whose first birthday party cost $70,000 and who has flown more than 35 times on private jets. Stephen A. Kolodny, the lawyer for Lisa Kerkorian, said his client is asking only for what her daughter has received in the past. "He shouldn°t be permitted to just take it away when he gets angry with Lisa,° Kolodny said.