I predict he doesn’t show up, the judge issues some sort of settlement for some small “ditch digger in Arkansas” level of child support, and calls it a day. (And gets a handsome check for doing so).
Wow. For such a short post, there’s a whole lot of ignorant speculation that needs to be unpacked:
First, parties make “settlements.” Courts make “orders.”
The term “guideline child support” is a bit of a misnomer. The fort must use the guideline calculator, and the result is presumptively correct
https://www.findlaw.com/state/arkansas-law/arkansas-child-support-guidelines.html
The fly in the ointment here, and the purpose of the discovery referenced in the article, is the ability for the mother to prove Hunter’s income. He’ll lie and cheat, but at the very least the asking price of some of his art, and reports of at least some sales, probably would support a finding of income at least in mid-five figures per month
Finally, I suppose there are corrupt judges out there, but you have absolutely no basis to conjecture that this judge would make any order other than a guideline order, and certainly not that he’d accept a bribe to do so. Failure to make a guideline roder would mandate reversal by the appellate court
The girls maternal family has their own money. The acknowledging Granddad has a prosperous sporting goods manufacturing plant.