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Shannon Beador wants her cheating ex to pay for her divorce lawyer.

The “RHOC” star, 53, asked an Orange County judge to order her soon-to-be ex-husband David to pay $25,000 for her legal fees, according to court papers obtained by Page Six via The Blast on Tuesday.

She claimed that David earned $1,794,315 — which is more than five times what she earned this year — so he can adequately foot the bill.

She also claimed that he controlled their finances during their marriage and she had no idea what their marital property is worth, so the money awarded to her would go toward hiring a forensic accountant to dig through his accounts.

She also asked for child support relative to California’s guidelines, as Page Six previously reported that Shannon was going after primary custody of the couple’s three daughters, Sophie, 16, and 13-year-old twins Stella and Adeline.

They are due back in court in January.

The couple tied the knot on Sept. 16, 2000, and began living apart on Sept. 20 of this year after trying to work through David’s affair and Vicki Gunvalson‘s claims that David was abusive toward Shannon.

Shannon adamantly denied Gunvalson’s allegations and announced her split from David at the show’s reunion in October before filing for divorce earlier this month.

A rep for Shannon had no comment.