DaBaby and DaniLeigh have reportedly reached a signed settlement in their custody and child-support dispute involving their daughter, Velour. The agreement ends a court conflict that began with a paternity case filed in 2024, though key terms—including the monthly support amount and the parents’ custody arrangement—have not been made public.

The reported agreement is 13 pages long and covers the former couple’s 5-year-old daughter. DaBaby agreed to make monthly child-support payments. Beyond that basic point, the available information does not establish how parenting time will be shared, whether either parent has a defined primary residential role, or what other obligations and procedures may be included in the document.

What the settlement resolves—and what remains private

A settlement is an agreement that ends or narrows a legal dispute without leaving every contested issue for a judge to decide after a full trial. In a family-law matter, an agreement can address subjects such as legal parentage, financial support, decision-making, schedules and procedures for handling future disagreements. But the existence of a settlement does not mean every one of those details is publicly known.

That distinction matters here. It is confirmed in the reported outline that child support is part of the agreement and that DaBaby will pay monthly support. It is not publicly disclosed what the payment will be, how it was calculated, or how custody is divided. Readers should be careful not to fill those gaps with assumptions based on the length of the agreement or on either parent’s earlier court position.

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The settlement also should not be read as a public accounting of the relationship, its end, or every issue raised during the dispute. A signed resolution tells the public that the parties have reached terms; without the full terms being disclosed, it cannot reliably answer more specific questions about day-to-day parenting arrangements.

The case began with a 2024 paternity petition

DaniLeigh initiated the paternity case in 2024. In her filing, she described herself as Velour’s primary caregiver and sought monthly child support.

DaBaby’s position, as described in the proceedings, was that he had maintained a close relationship with Velour and had been involved in her life from her birth. He asked for the court to recognize him as her legal father, determine support and award joint custody.

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Paternity, in this context, concerns the legal establishment of a child’s father. That legal determination can be relevant to the court’s consideration of parental rights and responsibilities, including support. The reported settlement resolves a dispute that included these questions, but the public information does not spell out the agreement’s precise language on parentage or custody.

Likewise, “joint custody” is a request DaBaby made in the case, rather than a description of the final arrangement. Since the custody terms were not disclosed, it would be inaccurate to state that the settlement grants a particular kind of joint physical or legal custody.

Public conflict preceded the court case

The legal matter followed years of highly visible tension between the two artists. In November 2021, while Velour was still an infant, an argument involving DaBaby and DaniLeigh played out publicly on Instagram Live.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police responded to two calls involving the pair that same month. DaBaby told officers that DaniLeigh had assaulted him. Following an investigation into the two separate incidents, police said DaniLeigh was charged with two counts of simple assault.

Those 2021 events are separate from the later paternity and support case. Their inclusion provides background on why the pair’s private family dispute has received sustained public attention, but the available reporting does not establish that the settlement revisits or resolves the prior assault charges. It is important not to collapse distinct events into one legal narrative simply because they involve the same people.

Co-parenting was already part of the public conversation

By May 2022, DaniLeigh was discussing co-parenting in a 23-minute interview titled My Side #NoFilter. When asked whether DaBaby had apologized, she answered, “No. He’s just like that though.”

That earlier interview illustrates that the question of raising their child after their split had already become a public subject well before the 2024 filing. It does not, however, reveal the contents of the newly reported deal. A past public discussion about co-parenting and a later legal agreement are related pieces of the same broader family story, but they should not be treated as interchangeable evidence about present arrangements.

Why the undisclosed terms matter

There is a natural temptation to look for a winner-and-loser framing whenever a celebrity legal fight ends. The information available here supports a more limited reading: the parties have agreed to terms rather than continuing the reported dispute in the same form, and DaBaby will make monthly child-support payments.

Everything beyond those points requires restraint. No support figure has been reported. No custody calendar has been reported. No public detail establishes how holidays, travel, medical decisions, schooling, communication, exchanges or future modifications will be handled. Those can be meaningful parts of family arrangements, but there is no basis to claim they are included in this agreement or to describe what they might say.

For the public, the practical implication is straightforward: the court fight appears to have moved into a settled agreement, while the most personal details concerning Velour remain private. That privacy is especially significant where a young child is involved. Public interest in the artists does not create a factual basis to speculate about the child’s routine or the parents’ division of responsibilities.

A resolution, not a complete public record

The reported settlement marks a formal change from competing requests in court to a signed agreement between DaBaby and DaniLeigh. DaniLeigh’s 2024 petition sought support while describing her role as primary caregiver; DaBaby sought legal recognition as Velour’s father, a support determination and joint custody. The agreement reportedly addresses custody and child support, with monthly payments from DaBaby confirmed.

Still, the agreement’s existence is not the same as a full release of its contents. The support amount and custody division remain undisclosed, and there is no public basis to characterize those provisions more specifically. For now, the clearest takeaway is that the former couple’s parenting dispute has reached a reported settlement after a case that began in 2024.