Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has settled his child support case in Arkansas, reaching an agreement with the mother of one of his children, resolving a dispute that became a legal headache for him in recent months.
The settlement was announced in a court filing Thursday in Arkansas state court.
The child support case began as a paternity dispute in 2019, after Lunden Roberts, an Arkansas woman, gave birth to a girl and claimed Hunter Biden was the father. He denied paternity, but after a DNA test confirmed that he was the father, he eventually agreedin 2020 to pay $20,000-a-month in child support.
Hunter Biden was seeking to reduce the monthly payments. It's not clear from the court filings what his new payments will be -- that information is redacted.
As part of the deal, Hunter Biden will give some of his paintings to his daughter, who can either keep some of her choosing or keep the money from any sales of these paintings. As part his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, Hunter Biden has taken up painting, but his art sales have created lingering ethics questions for the White House.
Roberts is also dropping her bid to change the girl's last name to "Biden," according to the court filing.
This story has been updated with additional details.
