Hunter Biden child support case closed after settlement with daughter’s mother
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Hunter Biden‘s child support case in Arkansas has been closed after reaching a settlement with the mother of one of his children, with the filing being released on Thursday.
Court records show that case was settled, bringing an end to the saga that began as a paternity dispute in 2019. Biden denied paternity, but after a DNA test confirmed that he was the father, he eventually agreed to pay $20,000 a month in child support in 2020.
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In this dispute, Biden was looking to reduce the monthly payments. It’s not clear based on the court records what his new payments will be. He did manage to prevent a contempt hearing, in which he was likely to face fines or even jail if a judge believed he had stonewalled Lunden Roberts’s, the mother’s, attempts to obtain financial data.
As part of the deal, Biden will be required to give some paintings to his daughter, who can decide whether to keep or sell them. The court filing also states that Roberts dropped her bid to change the girl’s last name to “Biden” as part of the settlement.
In court filings from April, Roberts said Biden “has never seen or contacted” his 4-year-old daughter and that President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden “remain estranged” from their grandchild.
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A trial to determine whether to adjust the conditions of child support had been scheduled for late July.
This is the latest legal development in Biden’s long list of run-ins with the criminal justice system. Last week, the younger Biden agreed to plead guilty to two federal tax charges and struck a deal to resolve a felony gun possession charge.
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