Rinehart settlement with estranged daughter revealed Gina Rinehart has reached an out-of-court settlement with one of her estranged daughters, Hope Welker, amid a bitter legal case. Emails obtained by Adele Ferguson reveal financial difficulties forced Hope and her husband, Ryan Welker, to settle the legal action, taken against Rinehart in 2011. Hope Welker has also split with Ryan, and has fallen on hard times as she struggles to support her two young children in New York without an income. The emails also reveal that Ryan Welker was forced to quit as director of ASX-listed company Mineral Resources amid the family feud, despite having the support of the board.