Not a Hoppy camper! Bethenny Frankel's ex Jason spotted out with daughter for first time since court ended his $12k-a-month maintenance payments

He just found out that he is going to be around $144,000 a year poorer.

So it is no surprise Jason Hoppy wasn't looking especially cheerful as he collected his daughter from school in New York on Tuesday. 

A judge ruled earlier that day that his ex Bethenny Frankel no longer had to make $11,852-a-month temporary maintenance payments to him.

He doesn't look Hoppy: Bethenny Frankel's ex Jason Hoppy was spotted on Tuesday for the first time since a court ended his $12k-a-month maintenance payments

As he walked their five-year-old girl Bryn home, the 45-year-old sales rep cut a serious figure as the implications of the ruling sank in.

Nevertheless it is understood that the Real Housewives Of New York star will continue child support payments - previously reported to total around $10,000 a month.

And while the Skinnygirl boss won the battle, the war over the $5million Tribeca apartment they shared is still to play out.  

On Tuesday the New York Appellent court heard lawyers for both sides argue over the ownership of the luxury home.

Budgeting: As he walked their five-year-old girl Bryn home, the 45-year-old sales rep cut a serious figure as the implications of the ruling sank in

While Bethenny funded the purchase single-handedly, the former Real Housewives Of New York star used a trust to buy the property.

The trust names both Frankel and Hoppy as beneficiaries.

As a result the New York appeals court ruled that Bethenny and her soon to be ex-husband must continue court proceedings to establish various 'issues of fact' which must be determined before ownership can be decided.

The issues include Hoppy's assertion that the loft apartment was always meant to be co-owned.

Not all bad: Nevertheless it is understood that the Real Housewives Of New York star will continue child support payments - previously reported to total around $10,000 a month

Round two: And while the Skinny girl boss won the battle, the war over the $5million Tribeca apartment they shared is still to play out

For her part Frankel has questioned whether her estranged husband committed fraud while helping to set up the trust.

Further complicating things, the trust has since been invalidated by law because of the way the former couple's signatures appear on the document.

The two will now face one another in court again in a bid to determine whether Hoppy has any right to the apartment, where he currently lives.

A source close to the case told InTouch that Hoppy was 'thrilled' with the verdict.

Bonding with her daughter: The Real Housewives Of New York star celebrated the ruling on Wednesday with a frozen yoghurt

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'Jason is looking forward to his day in court,' the source told the magazine. 

As for the maintenance payments, the judges ruled by a majority of three to one that the pair's prenuptial agreement should stand.

In the agreement the former couple waived 'any and all claims for spousal support and/or maintenance' which the Manhattan court determined clearly meant a waiver of 'any kind of spousal support, including temporary support'.

Despite splitting after two years of marriage in 2012 and agreeing the custody of their daughter two years later, Bethenny and Hoppy have yet to finalise their divorce. 

Bethenny made her fortune through her Skinny Girl empire and is worth around $55million.

Not divorced yet: Bethenny and Jason Hoppy are seen with Bryn in 2012; they split that year but are not yet divorced as they struggle to agree over how to split their assets

The disputed home: Bethenny bought the $5million Tribeca loft during her marriage to Hoppy via a trust