Lance Stephenson’s Babymama Asks Court To Up Her Child Support To $12K

Feby Torres Said She Wants To Move, Go Back To School And Put Kids In Private Daycare; Lance Stephenson’s Lawyer Said She’s Already Spending Current Child Support On Trips

The mother of LA Clippers player Lance Stephenson’s two kids has asked a Brooklyn Family Court judge to double her child support to a whopping $12,000 a month.

Feby Torres asked Judge John Fasone to up her support from $5,800 a month to $12,000 to pay a move to a bigger apartment in a safer nabe for her and her two kids with Stephenson, Layla, 4, and Lance Bornready Jr., one.

Torres, who looked pretty in a patterned dress and black high heels, told the court that she’d like to move to a place in Brooklyn’s high-end Prospect Park area, but can’t afford the $4,800 a month rent. She said she can’t even afford furniture for her baby son.

“My daughter has furniture. My son doesn’t,” Torres said in a voice so quiet that the judge asked her to repeat herself. “My son is one and a half. He sleeps in the bed with me or in the playpen.”

The stay-at-home mom said she’d like to send Lance Jr. to Hanover Place, the same pricey downtown Brooklyn daycare that Layla already attends, but she said she can’t manage to send them both. The woman said if her kids were in day care during the day, she could enroll back in college.

The son’s tuition “was close to $1,500 a month,” Torres said from the witness stand. “I don’t have the money.”

Torres testified that she’s teetering on a tight budget, and needs $3,335 a month in childcare expenses alone. She said she had to yank the kids out of day camp in July because “I couldn’t afford it,” Torres said.

But Stephenson’s lawyer, Laurence P. Greenberg, said outside of court that Torres’ Facebook page shows her travelling around the country to “cover various musical artists.”

“He is willing to pay for any reasonable expense,” Greenberg said. “He loves his kids.”

The judge didn’t make a ruling, but shot down Torres’ lawyer’s request to immediately increase their temporary child support agreement so Torres could move and buy school uniforms and supplies.

The one-time couple, both 24, didn’t utter a word to each other before, during or after Thursday’s hearing. Both Stephenson and Torres are due back in court next month.

Judge Fasone said he’d make a ruling based on Stephenson’s $9 million a year NBA salary.

“This isn’t a matrimonial case,” Judge Fasone said. “This is a child support case. …Wishes, wants –I don’t know how to quantify that.”

Jennifer H. Cunningham