Highlights

• Actor Al Pacino will pay $30,000 a month in child support to the mother of his five-month-old son in a formalized custody and support agreement.
• Pacino hired a private judge to mediate the case, costing nearly $1,000 an hour.
• The child support arrangement includes additional expenses, such as an upfront payment, night nurse fees, and covering medical bills and education costs.

Actor Al Pacino will pay $30,000 a month in child support to the mother of his five-month-old son Roman, according to several news articles published on November 3rd.

Pacino, 83, is reportedly still in a relationship with girlfriend Noor Alfallah, 29. However, the couple took the unusual step of formalizing custody and support through the courts.

On November 2nd, People.com clarified the pair's relationship status, and explained:

Pacino and Alfallah welcomed their son in June [2023]. The two have been [romantically] linked since April 2022. Shortly after filing the custody agreement, Pacino and Alfallah confirmed that they were still together.

“Al and Noor have successfully worked together and have mutually reached agreements regarding their child Roman. They are still together," the actor's rep told PEOPLE in a statement at the time.

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Pacino appeared in the news for developments in his child support and custody statuses more frequently than for his acting work in late 2023.

On October 10th, Yahoo! Entertainment reported on proceedings leading up to the decision on Pacino's child support.

According to the outlet, Pacino engaged the services of a private judge, at a cost of nearly $1,000 an hour.

Yahoo! obtained and quoted documents related to the judge's fees to mediate the case:

... The professional fee ($950/hr) applies to mediation proceedings within Los Angeles County. For information on travel rates, please contact the Case Administrator. A half-day session includes up to four (4) hours of hearing time and up to one (1) hour of preparation time.

A full day session includes up to eight (8) hours of hearing time and up to two (2) hours of preparation time. Any additional time is billed at the applicable hourly rate ...

In total, Al Pacino has four children including Roman, who is under six months old. Roman was born in June.

Pacino also has twins (who are 22) with actress Beverly D'Angelo, as well as a daughter named Julie Pacino, who is 33.

Pacino's own father abandoned his family when the actor was a toddler. In 2014, Pacino expressed his commitment to be a present parent to his children, and explained:

"I consciously knew that I didn’t want to be like my dad ... I wanted to be there.

"I'm responsible to them. I'm a part of their life. When I'm not, it's upsetting to me and to them. So that’s part of the gestalt."

As such, it stood to reason Pacino was amenable to the $30,000 child support obligation, despite the fact it was arranged through courts and mediating judges.

News of the decision was initially reported by the New York Post's gossip column Page Six on November 2nd; the paper claimed it obtained documentation detailing the decision.

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According to Page Six, Pacino and Alfallah would maintain "joint legal custody" over son Roman, with Alfallah having "primary physical custody" of their son.

With regard to the arrangement's finer details – and expenses above and beyond the $30,000 monthly base obligation – the outlet added:

A Los Angeles judge further ordered the “Scarface” star to pay Alfallah $110,000 upfront before continuing with the monthly payments, $13,000 for a night nurse, and cover any medical bills outside of health insurance coverage.

Not only that but Pacino has been ordered to make a yearly $15,000 deposit into an education fund for his youngest son [Roman].

Based on that reporting, it appeared Pacino's $30,000 child support per month did not cover a number of primary expenses.

Additional stipulations included a six-figure "upfront" sum paid to Alfallah, as well as arrangements for medical expenses and education (both of which are standard elements of most formal child support arrangements).

Page Six quoted Pacino as saying Roman's birth was a "miracle." Pacino said all of his children were important to him, but Roman's arrival was "really special coming at this time," presumably a reference to his octogenarian status.

For her part, Alfallah did not seem to mind partners with whom she has a large age gap. Vanity Fair reported on the ruling, noting that Alfallah previously dated Mick Jagger.

After breaking up with Jagger, Alfallah said:

The heart doesn’t know what it sees, it only knows what it feels. It was my first serious relationship, but it was a happy time for me.

Finally, Al Pacino's $30,000 child support arrangement wasn't the only matter addressed in the decision. According to People.com, the couple jointly agreed to "facilitate contact ... between the non-custodial parent and Roman when Roman is in her/his custody until such time as Roman is able to engage in such contact on his own."