New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton & Wife May Have (Cryptically) Filed for Divorce: Wife & Kids to Remain in Westlake?

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This just in from Ryan Jones over at the Times-Picayune: New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton has apparently cryptically filed for divorce from his wife, Beth. Tricky, but smart: a Tarrant County divorce petition was filed on June 14, the filings using initials so as to avoid making the Paytons’ identities public. Here’s what Ryan says:

They describe two residents of Tarrant County with the initials of Payton (PSP) and his wife (BAP), the date that the Paytons were married, and the birth dates of the couple’s two children. The computer file containing the petition has the word “Payton” as part of its name.

The Paytons live in this breathtaking house on Brazos Court in Vaquero. Ryan goes on to say that the grounds are “discord or conflict of personalities between Petitioner and Respondent that destroys the legitimate ends of the marriage relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation.”

Poor Paytons. Divorces just suck. We know things must have been tough after Payton was suspended for the 2012 season by the NFL. He apparently has already moved out of the Westlake, Texas, really Vaquero home, where he lived with Beth Payton and their two children, Meghan and Conner under all that security. Payton commuted to New Orleans from DFW.

OMG you don’t think she’ll have to sell the house with the disco now, do you?

Ryan, who I think is a total genius, says Payton’s original petition for divorce indicates he and his wife hoped to divide their estate out of court and to hold joint custody of both children. Does that mean he’ll buy a place here? Or fly the kids back and forth? (That’s insane!) But Ryan says Beth really wants to stay here:

“Beth Payton, however, filed a counter-petition for divorce on June 26 which requested that she be appointed the custodian “who has the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the children in Tarrant County, Texas.” The petition asks that the court schedule Sean Payton’s access to their children “as necessary to protect the health and well-being of the children.”

Beth Payton also seeks the exclusive right to make decisions concerning the children’s medical, legal and educational interests and just have Sean pay support for the children’s care. I know she really likes the school the kids attend out there in Westlake. Wonder if he’s going to have to keep up the mortgage, too, on 2006 Brazos Court?? 

The home overlooks a pond with 7785 square feet, was built in 2006 and features stunning contemporary interiors. Each bathroom has those generous Farmer’s sinks that you usually only see in kitchens, and take note of the Master bath in that slide show: most gorgeous tile ever plus steam shower and a romantic rock fireplace.

God, that master won’t be seeing any more action now, will it?

The home has stained concrete floors as well as wood, marble and stone. The foyer has stacked stone walls and a 100 year old giant dark wood antique door: it’s like being in a rock church vestibule. There are five bedrooms, four and a half baths —  they may need to add a few more according to my latest research – and three living areas. The home is also a Poster Child for green energy efficiency with super duper insulated SIP foam construction that whittles utility bills to dollars a month even in August, tankless water heaters, thermo windows and highest SEER-rated utilities. And oh my the extras: outdoor kitchen, loggia, fire-pit, salt-water pool, play pool, media room, exercise room, study, and game room with that fabulous discotheque for the kids or maybe, adults? It has a lighted floor, mirrored ball, laser lights, a fog machine and probably a Bose sound system — not sure on that, but whatever brand it’s a killer that will make that game room rock like Carnegie Hall.

Gosh, I hope they didn’t fight over the disco.

The original list price was $3.2 million, actually $3,195,000, but then it appears to have crept up to $3,450,000. That’s a hefty mortgage. The Paytons told friends Vaquero is the most perfect place on the face of the earth. They once leased Mark Teixeira’s house over there.

Will Sean buy another place in Vaquero to stay close to the kids: this home is practically free at $1.3? Will he get a condo in Dallas like Yu Darvish? Stray (Freudian slip) I mean stay tuned…

 

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

36 Comments

  1. Candy Evans on July 3, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Swear they always do this on holidays, when they think no one is reading!

  2. Candy Evans on July 3, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Swear they always do this on holidays, when they think no one is reading!

  3. Scott Vann on July 3, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    This part just pisses me off.

    “Beth Payton, however, filed a counter-petition for divorce on June 26 which requested that she be appointed the custodian “who has the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the children in Tarrant County, Texas.” The petition asks that the court schedule Sean Payton’s access to their children “as necessary to protect the health and well-being of the children.”

    My guess is he has done nothing worthy of having his access limited. This seems to be a standard tactic done to intimidate husbands.

    Children need, in almost every instance, both sets of parents in their lives, and any spouse that doesn't think so should be the one to lose their access to them.

  4. Scott Vann on July 3, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    This part just pisses me off.

    “Beth Payton, however, filed a counter-petition for divorce on June 26 which requested that she be appointed the custodian “who has the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the children in Tarrant County, Texas.” The petition asks that the court schedule Sean Payton’s access to their children “as necessary to protect the health and well-being of the children.”

    My guess is he has done nothing worthy of having his access limited. This seems to be a standard tactic done to intimidate husbands.

    Children need, in almost every instance, both sets of parents in their lives, and any spouse that doesn't think so should be the one to lose their access to them.

  5. Candy Evans on July 3, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    Scott, I agree. I really hate it when couples war and use their children as footsoldiers. But I know of a parent who actually brought his GIRLFRIEND into the family home after he and the wife split, (wife lives in another family home) while the GF has parked her clothes in the master closet all cozy next to his, and they sleep together with the kids in the house. Before this, she used to "visit" and leave her clothes behind for the Mrs. to find. Not even divorced. She is rude to the kids, very rude. What do you think of that?

    • Scott Vann on July 4, 2012 at 12:38 pm

      Candy I disagree with what he did completely. Shame on him. Shame on him for letting anyone disrespect his children. But he is still their father – even with his flaws – and needs to be a part of their lives as much as they need him to be a part of theirs.

  6. Candy Evans on July 3, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    Scott, I agree. I really hate it when couples war and use their children as footsoldiers. But I know of a parent who actually brought his GIRLFRIEND into the family home after he and the wife split, (wife lives in another family home) while the GF has parked her clothes in the master closet all cozy next to his, and they sleep together with the kids in the house. Before this, she used to "visit" and leave her clothes behind for the Mrs. to find. Not even divorced. She is rude to the kids, very rude. What do you think of that?

    • Scott Vann on July 4, 2012 at 12:38 pm

      Candy I disagree with what he did completely. Shame on him. Shame on him for letting anyone disrespect his children. But he is still their father – even with his flaws – and needs to be a part of their lives as much as they need him to be a part of theirs.

  7. Cheryl on July 3, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Saddens me when this happens especially when there are kids involved. Something tells me things were probably getting rocky before the whole bounty hunting news came out.

  8. Cheryl on July 3, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Saddens me when this happens especially when there are kids involved. Something tells me things were probably getting rocky before the whole bounty hunting news came out.

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  11. Macho Man on July 4, 2012 at 10:55 am

    Beautiful home. Lots of troubles start with long distance commutes in a marriage, have seen in in a number of clients. There are too many wicked (and they are wicked) women out there preying on lonely men. We don't know what the reasons are for this dee-vorce, and it is the Payton's personal issues of course, but I hope they don't have to sell this place. It's one of the better homes in Vaquero.

  12. Macho Man on July 4, 2012 at 10:55 am

    Beautiful home. Lots of troubles start with long distance commutes in a marriage, have seen in in a number of clients. There are too many wicked (and they are wicked) women out there preying on lonely men. We don't know what the reasons are for this dee-vorce, and it is the Payton's personal issues of course, but I hope they don't have to sell this place. It's one of the better homes in Vaquero.

  13. Candy Evans on July 5, 2012 at 11:20 pm

    @Scott: So true. And again, we are NOT talking about the Paytons. It is very important for fathers to be in children's lives. And Scott, I think it goes both ways: if a mother let a partner abuse her children, I would hold her responsible as well.

  14. Candy Evans on July 5, 2012 at 11:20 pm

    @Scott: So true. And again, we are NOT talking about the Paytons. It is very important for fathers to be in children's lives. And Scott, I think it goes both ways: if a mother let a partner abuse her children, I would hold her responsible as well.

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