Reporters and law enforcement personnel await the arrival of Hunter Biden at the Independence County Courthouse Monday morning.
Independence County Judge Kevin Jeffery told White River Now’s Gary Bridgman on Wednesday that there will be additional law enforcement as well as an additional bailiff at the county courthouse for next week’s scheduled hearing in the Hunter Biden paternity case.
Earlier this week, Circuit Judge Holly Meyer ruled that all parties involved in the ongoing paternity case filed by an Independence County woman must appear in person for the May 1 contempt hearing at the courthouse — and for other future hearings.
According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Meyer told attorneys for Biden and the child’s mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts, on Monday that she expected both clients at “every hearing I conduct. I will no longer allow us to excuse clients…because it is interfering with the progress of litigation, which is taking way too long to get over simple points.” (Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette article. A subscription may be required.)
However, in a motion filed this morning with the Independence County Circuit Court, attorneys for the president’s son requested the May 1 hearing be conducted by telephone or video conference. (That motion was denied. – Updated.)
Roberts filed the claim against Biden in 2019. A 2019 DNA test confirmed Hunter Biden fathered the child with Roberts. Both parties agreed to a settlement in 2020, but last year Hunter Biden requested an adjustment to his child support payments, and the case was reopened. Also, in December 2022, Roberts filed a motion to change her 4-year-old daughter’s name to Biden.
A bench trial on Hunter Biden’s petition to reduce his child support amount, and Roberts’ request to change the child’s last name to Biden is scheduled for July 24 and 25 in Independence County.
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