MEYER: Orders Hunter Biden to appear in court.

Independence County Circuit Judge Holly Meyer yesterday ordered Hunter Biden to appear in court on Jan. 29 to answer a motion for contempt filed against him by Lunden Alexis Roberts, who is suing Biden for child support in a paternity case.

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Previous court filings showed that DNA testing established that Biden was the father of Roberts’ 16-month-old child.

Roberts’ attorneys say that Biden has failed to comply with the court’s order that he supply discovery materials by Jan. 16, including relevant addresses and telephone numbers, a list of his financial institutions and business interests, a list of all sources of his income, tax returns, and information about properties he owns. These discovery materials have been outstanding since August of last year, Roberts’ attorneys say. Their motion for contempt argues that Biden’s “conduct is willful and contemptuous” and asks that in addition to any sanction imposed, Biden be ordered to pay their attorney fees for bringing the contempt motion and any related hearings.

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Roberts’ attorneys previously filed another motion for contempt alleging that Biden had missed earlier deadlines to provide financial information in December.

Otherwise a routine paternity case, this squabble has attracted interest because Hunter Biden is the son of former Vice-President Joe Biden, currently a Democratic candidate for president. Hunter Biden has become a central fixation of Republicans grasping for defenses of Donald Trump’s impeachment imbroglio. Still pending in the Independence County case are two intervention requests claiming that Hunter Biden’s past business dealings in Ukraine and China are relevant to the case.

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