I Keep Hearing About Hunter Biden Being A Deadbeat Dad

[Me.]

He's currently in court asking for a reduction in what he pays due to less fortunate circumstances .THe mother, Lunden Roberts, apparently wants more.

"“Hunter Biden is paying $20,000 a month and has paid $750,000 so far to Roberts, his lawyer said on Monday, publicly revealing the figure for the first time.

A trial is slated for July to determine if his child support payments will be adjusted.

The case is playing out while House Republicans are similarly pursuing many of Hunter Biden’s financial records, including many of the same ones that Roberts wants.

Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, complained at the court hearing Monday about alleged leaks to the press. Lowell, a high-profile DC defense attorney who is now representing Hunter Biden on several fronts, said the press stories were creating the false impression that he is a “deadbeat dad.”

It’s important to “let the world know” that Hunter Biden is keeping his word and paying his child support, Lowell said. “He is paying what he agreed to.”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/politics/hunter-biden-deposition-court-hearing/index.html

[kimbutgar]

1. The rag Daily Mail has articles about the mother of his child all the time

$20,000 a month seems absorbent for child support. Sounds like that Mother is blackmailing him.

[maxsolomon]

3. I think you mean exorbitant.

"the child shall be maintained in the lifestyle they have been accustomed to" or something.

[eggplant]

12. This is the rule in NY.

I've had friends who declined to fight for it and regretted it later.

[JanMichael]

24. It is absorbing money though.

[kimbutgar]

33. Oops you are correct.

[TomSlick]

39. Child support is a simple calculation based on the income of the noncustodial parent's income.

The dispute in this case is about discovery of Hunter's income - or at least should be. The judge is interested in Hunter's assets which really should be irrelevant.

The judge is enjoying the limelight and forcing Hunter to appear in court for a simple discover dispute.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

4. Child support is normally based on in ome

If his income has changed, up or down, then it would be normal for the child support to change as well.

But id his income at the time supported a $20k monthly bill, that’s the court, not the mom.

[Lancero]

15. Yeah, but that doesn't mesh with misogynistic myths regarding women who seek child support.

[obamanut2012]

27. +1

[obamanut2012]

26. Yup, done logically via calculators and custody time

Unless you are an MRA/Red Piller, it should be deemed fair.

[Me.]

6. Don't Forget, The Mother Also Rec'd $750.K

[obamanut2012]

28. And? What does that have to do with child support?

It has nothing to do with child support.

And, until he had financial issues, this is 100% fair. It is fair and proper for the child to have as close a lifestyle as possible if teh parents were still together in one household.

Careful, this is VERY close to what the Red Pillers say.

[obamanut2012]

25. The court uses calculators and custody time, there is no blackmail

And, until he had financial issues, this is 100% fair. It is not "absorbent," it is fair and proper for the child to have as close a lifestyle as possible if teh parents were still together in one household.

Careful, this is VERY close to what the Red Pillers say.

On edit: No, I am not calling the poster a Red Piller, I am saying this is almost exactly what they say about child support, so be careful.

[maxsolomon]

2. that's twice my income.

this is for one of 5 kids!

think about getting snipped, hunter.

[AZ8theist]

17. Good for you

But it's more than 10 TIMES the yearly income for most people.

[maxsolomon]

22. You'll need to show me a link showing the majority (above 50%) of

Americans are making 24K or less/year.

I'm not humble-bragging. I'm agog a court would say a single child needs that much per month.

[BlackSkimmer]

37. Agree. nt

[sadasfyed]

5. silly

20K/month is more than enough

[obamanut2012]

29. Not if teh calculators say it isn't

And, until he had financial issues, this is 100% fair. It is fair and proper for the child to have as close a lifestyle as possible if teh parents were still together in one household.

Careful, this is VERY close to what the Red Pillers say.

[Hortensis]

7. The child's mom is a piece of work, hired tRumpist dirty operatives

to represent her, who're bringing in others also determined to make rotten political hay out of this and everything "Hunter's Laptop" they can pile on. Didn't see names of obvious Russian FSB plants, but considering what's gathering over there, I did look.

Good job, Hunter. At least he's consistently awful in his screw-ups.

[Jilly_in_VA]

10. Work?

I had a different word in mind, but would be accused of being anti-female, I suppose.

[CatWoman]

19. there was also a court fight over the child using the Biden name

Hunter Biden has asked a judge to prevent his four-year-old daughter from using his surname.

President Joe Biden’s son is in the midst of a court case to lower child support payments to ex Lunden Roberts, with whom he had a child, Navy Joan Roberts, in 2018.

In late December, Ms Roberts asked Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer to allow their daughter to use the Biden name, claiming it would be beneficial to the girl later in life.

She argued the name is “now synonymous with being well educated, successful, financially acute and politically powerful” and it would open up opportunities for Navy, “just like it has for other members of the Biden family”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hunter-biden-daughter-lunden-roberts-b2262651.html

[treestar]

23. 20K per month ought to help too

I would think she could use the name by default - if the DNA test is good that is.

[BlackSkimmer]

38. Sounds like they found each other.

No offense to our President. but Hunter is quite a piece of work as well.

No one is responsible for their kids after a certain age, but this is very unfortunate.

[Victor_c3]

8. I thought I paid a lot with my child support being roughly $1,500 a month

That’s for two kids. My ex also gets another $1,500 a month in alimony from me each month, but I’ll be done paying that in a couple of months.

I will say my kids are always taken care of and I fully agreed to the terms of our divorce. I could have fought the numbers and reduced it, but ultimately it was more important to me for my children to be taken care of and for my children to see and know that I would always make sure they were provided for.

Aside from a financial hit, divorce has been great for all us (my children and myself). I see my children 3-4 nights a week and I live a 10 minute walk from their mother. My ex and I still get along well enough and we still get together for various family functions. My children flat out say they’re happier after the divorce than before. I might not see my kids every day, but the quality of time I spend with them is much better. When they’re at my place, we are always doing something together.

You’re not a deadbeat for going through the proper channels to reduce your support obligation so long as nobody is lying about their income sources and your children are being provided for.

[2naSalit]

13. The way it should be...

Regarding such legal/domestic separations. You have done well and if the kids are happier after, that's a good thing. When in a marriage that isn't working out, the tension is always high and the kids feel it. I'm glad that your family figured out how to go forward in a good way for all of you.

[ShazzieB]

16. I like the expression "piece of work"!

I feel like it invites us to use our imaginations to fill in whatever we think "work" means.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. I sure wish my circumstances were "less fortunate' enough to fork out 20 grand a month.

For anything. Wowza.

[treestar]

11. It's all about his income

if it goes down, and the court agrees, then he'd not a deadbeat. A deadbeat pays nothing.

[AZ8theist]

18. Here's a pic of a REAL DEADBEAT:

[Lancero]

20. Depends on if its considered a voluntary reduction.

Courts got tired of men deciding to quit their jobs so they could claim to having no income in response to alimony or child support payments. If the courts have reason to suspect that his loss of income was voluntary, then he'll have to keep paying the same rate.

[jaxexpat]

14. How in the hell can these people have any concept of value?

The very idea of $20K child support is perverse. These people are totally outside the realm of reality where 99% of the US population live, and some are struggling to get by. How can they interact with our society when their definitions of value are so horribly skewed with pointless abundance?

It's the inequitable distribution of wealth which will destroy the country and the solution is NOT some childish fantasy that somehow everybody can be rich if they try. So long as there remains such a difference in wealth the fault lies in our rates of taxation. When that remediation yields the consequence that our society is still despicable even in a state of universal financial security then it's time for the west to pay back the third world where our wealth is mined and manufactured by poverty so bone deep as to be unimaginable.

Sorry if I seem harsh but if others had seen what I've seen they'd tend to agree.

[obamanut2012]

30. Good grief, no "The very idea of $20K child support is perverse"

And, until he had financial issues, this is 100% fair. It is fair and proper for the child to have as close a lifestyle as possible if teh parents were still together in one household.

[jaxexpat]

32. You missed my point .

It is that the outrage of extreme wealth inequality should haunt everyone's waking moment so long as it exists. It must be minimized if the species is to survive. The accepted equities regarding child support and inheritance statutes are but dust and dross in comparison.

[Iggo]

21. I keep hearing about Hunter Biden. And I don't care.

[Chainfire]

31. Isn't that the truth. Do people think that he is President?

[lollygag]

34. Just saw the Inside Edition piece

Sickening. Joe won't acknowledge his grandchild. Hunter lives in luxury, won't pay enough support. yadda yadda

Meanwhile ignore the complete dysfunction of the orange grove.

[GP6971]

35. Welcome to DU. n/t

[Polybius]

36. That might be fake news

I'd go for a second source before I can to any conclusions.

[Deuxcents]

40. Does his X and child live in Arkansas?

[Me.]

42. She Is From Arkansas But I Don't Know Where She Lives Now

“Roberts was living in Washington D.C. two years ago studying crime scene investigation in graduate school and working with the FBI, according to a family member’s Facebook post. It is not clear what school she was attending to get her master’s degree. Public records show she was living in D.C. and Virginia from 2015 to 2018.”

https://heavy.com/news/2019/06/lunden-roberts/

[Docjohnson]

41. If hunter

Is half the father that our president is, I'm sure he's doing everything right for his child. Us democrats consistently prove that we're better dads than the right could ever hope to be.