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Griffin vs. Richmond
Lauren Lake's Paternity Court - S5 - E74
A Mississippi woman faces her past when she appears in court to find out if her sister's husband is her daughter's father.
Lauren Lake's Paternity Court: Season 5 - 97 Episode s
5x24 - Lohman vs. Mitchell
October 5, 2017
Young Texas friends-turned-lovers are headed to the altar but must first answer the question of whether he fathered her daughter.
5x25 - Autry vs. Martin
October 6, 2017
A Texas woman tried and failed to stop her son's wedding, and now she's in court to prove that he is not the father of his wife's 2-year-old daughter.
5x26 - McRae vs. Moore/Moore
October 9, 2017
An Ohio man fears that his ex is about to move away with his 2-year-old daughter, but she claims her new husband is the father and wants her ex to leave their happy family alone.
5x27 - Smethers vs. Stevens
October 10, 2017
Questions and doubts surround the paternity of an Ohio woman's 2-year-old son because her ex believes the child looks just like a man in the neighborhood.
5x28 - Davis vs. Gilbert/Jones
October 11, 2017
A Missouri couple planned to have a baby, but questions of paternity surface when a man's sister meddles in his relationship and insists that he is not the father.
5x29 - Duvall/Bovill vs. Bovill
October 12, 2017
A South Carolina woman is livid that her ex waited 25 years to claim he's not the father, so she brings him to court to prove him wrong.
5x30 - Arbogast vs. Vess
October 13, 2017
A Kansas man's ex-girlfriend accuses him of denying her 2-year-old because he's involved with a friend.
5x31 - Hunter vs. Holden
October 16, 2017
A Florida auto mechanic suspects his live-in girlfriend had another man's baby and is only with him for his money.
5x32 - Horton vs. Conrad
October 17, 2017
A Maryland man brings his wife to court to find out if the milk man is her daughter's father.
5x33 - Moffett vs. Johnson
October 18, 2017
The life of a 28-year-old woman is changed when a stranger claims to be her true biological father.
5x34 - Whittier vs. Reed
October 23, 2017
A Florida woman thinks she has a near-perfect romance until her son is born with a rare illness and her boyfriend expresses doubts that he's the father.
5x35 - Manship/Lutman vs. Laupp
October 25, 2017
A Missouri woman searches for her biological father for 20 years, with only a name and a photo of her mother with the man who could be her dad.
5x36 - Allen vs. Lavant/Mitchell
October 26, 2017
A one-night stand comes back to haunt a Georgia man when a woman accuses him of fathering her 6-month-old daughter, but he and his long-term girlfriend believe that another man, who is also in court, is the dad.
5x37 - Coates/Hooker vs. Baker
October 26, 2017
The life of a Michigan man was cut short, and now his grieving family is in court for a heated confrontation with the woman who claims he fathered her baby girl.
5x38 - Chmielinski vs. Brown/Long III
October 27, 2017
A New Jersey woman says a ghostly image in a video confirms that a deceased man was her son's father, but the man's mother wants proof and has petitioned the court for a DNA test.
5x39 - Marsh vs. Reed
October 27, 2017
A couple were on-and-off for eight years, and now an Ohio woman says her lover is denying her 1-year-old daughter because he is in a new relationship with another woman.
5x40 - Herman vs. Houston
October 30, 2017
An Illinois man slipped out of the house while his wife was asleep to have a rendezvous with another woman, and now he stands accused of fathering the woman's son.
5x41 - Taylor vs. Orr
October 30, 2017
A South Carolina woman says her newborn son shares the same rare birth defect as a man she met on an online dating site, so she is certain he is the father.
5x42 - Downing vs. Jones, Part 1
October 31, 2017
A Georgia woman faces her past as she comes to court to find out which of her three ex-lovers is her daughter's father. [Part 1 of 2]
5x43 - Downing vs. Jones, Part 2
October 31, 2017
A 29-year-old Georgia woman demands to know which of her mother's three ex-lovers is her father. [Part 2 of 2]
5x44 - Runles vs. Taylor
November 1, 2017
A Michigan man who has had a medical condition since childhood says it would be a miracle if he fathered his girlfriend's daughter, especially because she slept with another man.
5x45 - Mask/Muriel vs. Redmond
November 1, 2017
A Michigan woman believes that her younger brother's ex is taking advantage of him.
5x46 - Garnett vs. Langston
November 2, 2017
A 36-year-old Washington State woman gets the shock of her life when she is told during a family funeral that her dad may not be her biological father, and she comes to court determined to get the truth.
5x47 - Streety vs. Johnson
November 2, 2017
It's a nightmare for a Georgia man who doubts he's the father of his ex-girlfriend's child because she had sex with another man at a haunted house during Halloween.
5x48 - Update 1: You Are the Father
November 3, 2017
Updates on past guests who learned that they are fathers: who stepped up and who walked out of their children's lives.
5x49 - Allen vs. Toliver
November 3, 2017
A Georgia woman hopes a DNA test result will end her ex's paternity doubts and motivate him to accept a child who has a serious health issue.
5x50 - Dallas vs. Stewart
November 6, 2017
A Michigan man has to choose between his wife and his mistress and hopes the DNA results will help him make a decision.
5x51 - Jones-Henry vs. Jackson
November 6, 2017
A former military man comes face to face with the woman he left behind 35 years ago and the daughter she claims he fathered.
5x52 - Murray vs. Gerald-Donaldson
November 7, 2017
Two young men from Kansas dated the same woman and appear in court to find out if either of them fathered her 18-month-old baby girl.
5x53 - Laws vs. Bailey
November 7, 2017
An Ohio woman lost her high school sweetheart to cancer and held on to the secret that another man could have fathered one or both of her children.
5x54 - Lusk vs. Paige
November 8, 2017
An angry, grieving mother accuses a young woman of attempting to cash in on her deceased son's insurance policy by claiming he is the father of her 3-year-old daughter.
5x55 - Kennedy vs. Pope
November 8, 2017
A "friend with benefits" denies paternity of a 3-month-old boy.
5x56 - Tant vs. Wynn
November 9, 2017
A Texas man says he caught his wife cheating with a neighbor.
5x57 - Collins vs. Stone
November 9, 2017
An Ohio man questions the paternity of his lover's daughter.
5x58 - Update 2: Revealing Updates
November 10, 2017
Updates on what happened to families after they heard the DNA test results.
5x59 - Muller vs. Robinson
November 10, 2017
A Texas woman comes to court in hopes of leaving with a father who will walk her down the aisle in her upcoming wedding.
5x60 - Johnson vs. Davis
November 13, 2017
Dr. Jackie from "Married to Medicine" weighs in on the case of a Georgia woman who suspects her married lover is the father of only one of her fraternal twins.
5x61 - Milton vs. Lewis
November 13, 2017
An Arizona man accuses his childhood crush of trying to trap him with a baby.
5x62 - Wolf vs. Cottle
November 14, 2017
An Ohio man, betrayed by his girlfriend and former best friend, comes to court to prove he is not the father of her baby.
5x63 - Lloyd vs. Railey
November 14, 2017
Two Detroit men join forces and bring a Tennessee woman to court to find out if either of them is the father of her baby girl.
5x64 - Ahmad vs. Day
November 15, 2017
An Ohio man is desperate to prove that he fathered his lover's daughter, but her ex appears in court and claims he is the biological father.
5x65 - Cherpes vs. McQueen
November 15, 2017
A young Michigan woman is upset that her boyfriend denies he's the father after he supposedly begged her to have his child.
5x66 - Kingsbury vs. James
November 16, 2017
An Alabama man planned a pregnancy with his girlfriend, but suspicions of cheating and the child's illness now have him questioning paternity of her 11-month-old son.
5x67 - Williams vs. Smith
November 16, 2017
A Florida man goes to court to prove he did not father a child more than 20 years ago with a woman who went by the nickname of "Gin and Juice."
5x68 - Update 3: Is He the Father?
November 17, 2017
Judge Lake revisits some of the show's most emotional cases and gives updates on what happened after the DNA test results were delivered.
5x69 - Lindsey vs. Dannenbrink
November 17, 2017
A 35-year-old California woman comes to court to find out if a longtime friend of the family is also her biological father.
5x70 - Thomas vs. Nelson
November 20, 2017
A North Carolina man has four children with his live-in girlfriend before disappearing to marry another woman, and the paternity of their fifth child is in question.
5x71 - Gaytz vs. Rembold
November 20, 2017
An Indiana woman is in court because she made a deathbed promise to her son that she would find out if he fathered his girlfriend's two children.
5x72 - Knowles vs. Lindsley
November 21, 2017
A married Florida couple return to court to find out the paternity of her newborn son, and to end an ex-lover's claims that he is the father.
5x73 - Richardson vs. Smith
November 21, 2017
A 20-year-old woman from South Carolina accuses her ex of abandoning her and their baby.
5x74 - Griffin vs. Richmond
November 22, 2017
A Mississippi woman faces her past when she appears in court to find out if her sister's husband is her daughter's father.
5x75 - Butts vs. Richardson
November 22, 2017
A Pennsylvania man says and a cigarette earned him a week of sex with his ex-girlfriend, who is now in court to end doubts regarding the paternity of her preschooler.
5x76 - Washup vs. Smith
November 27, 2017
A woman comes to court to prove that a man who died when her son was in utero was his father.
5x77 - Hall vs. Richards
January 16, 2018
A California woman accuses her daughter's ex of being a deadbeat dad, but he says he doesn't believe he's her newborn son's father.
5x78 - Casey vs. Hatfill
January 17, 2018
An Illinois man cheated and then married his family member's baby sitter, but now he doubts fathering her 16-month-old son.
5x79 - Benskin vs. Haskett
January 22, 2018
An Indiana man woman claims her former lover is denying her daughter because he and his girlfriend are back together again.
5x80 - Ramos vs. Edwards
January 25, 2018
A Connecticut woman wants to prove her boyfriend is not the father of her 23-day-old baby so she can clear the way for her marriage to another man.
5x81 - Hanes vs. Manning
January 26, 2018
A California man claims his girlfriend dumped him to get back with her ex, and she is certain that he is not the father of her four-year-old daughter.
5x82 - Walker vs. DeVost
January 29, 2018
A New York man was recently informed that he may not be the father of his ex-girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter.
5x83 - Van Metre vs. Watkins
January 29, 2018
A West Virigina man denies his girlfriend's son because she had car sex with another man during the time of conception.
5x84 - Woods vs. James
January 30, 2018
A Florida man comes to court with hopes that he is the father of his girlfriend's 11-month-old daughter.
5x85 - Richardson vs. Robbins
January 31, 2018
A Minnesota man claims his ex-girlfriend is still married and believes her husband is the father of her two-month-old son.
5x86 - Dark vs. Bailey
February 1, 2018
An Atlanta man and his pregnant girlfriend claim he is not the father of another woman's 13-month-old son.
5x87 - Hardy vs. Lynn
February 1, 2018
A Georgia woman returns to court with two of her mother's ex-lovers and hopes that one of them is her father.
5x88 - Watts vs. Sherrill
February 2, 2018
A Detroit woman lost both her sons and is desperate to know if one of them fathered a child prior to his death.
5x89 - Boyd vs. Henderson
February 2, 2018
A Florida man claims he was only joking when he told a 27-year-old woman that he was her biological father.
5x90 - Hicks vs. Smith
February 5, 2018
An Arkansas man rejects his girlfriend's three-month-old daughter after hearing rumours that another man is the father.
5x91 - Miles vs. Turner
February 5, 2018
An Alabama man is ready to face the truth and find out if he is the father of an Arkansas woman, but she believes another man is her dad.
5x92 - Robinson/Palmer vs. Rollins
February 6, 2018
A 24-year-old Georgia woman confronts her mother's former lover in court, but he believes one of his friends is her biological father.
5x93 - Calhoun vs. Proutt
February 6, 2018
A Texas man claims he felt pressured into signing the birth certificate for his girlfriend's baby girl, but was recently told he is not her father.
5x94 - Luper vs. Downs
February 7, 2018
A Kentucky man dated a woman he met in church and gave her twins his last name, but he's now in court to find out if he is their biological father.
5x95 - Parmer vs. Ross
February 7, 2018
A Georgia woman accuses an Alabama man of fathering her three-month-old son, but he claims she was also sleeping with another man.
5x96 - Moody vs. Brackins
February 8, 2018
An Alabama woman admits she was torn between two men and does not know for certain which man fathered her two-year-old daughter.
5x97 - Johnson vs. Rice
February 8, 2018
Two men appear in court to find out if either of them is the father of a South Carolina woman's six-month-old son.
5x98 - Weir vs. Wilson
February 9, 2018
A Tennessee woman asked her gay best friend to be her son's godfather, but now she's accusing him of getting her pregnant.
5x99 - Payne vs. Yates
February 9, 2018
An Alabama man appears shocked when a 20-year-old woman tracks him down on social media and accuses him of being her father.
5x100 - Garrett vs. Boyer
February 12, 2018
A woman from Philadelphia waits two years to bring her ex-lover to court to prove that he is her daughter's father, but he claims she was having relations with other men.
5x101 - McCrary vs. Goodson
February 12, 2018
A Georgia woman was thrilled to find out she was having a baby, but her ex claims the woman dropped out of his life long before getting pregnant.
5x102 - Hernandez vs. Hernandez
February 13, 2018
A married couple from Key West, FL, separated over doubts about paternity, and now the potential father is in court with his new girlfriend and denies fathering his wife's 3-year-old daughter.
5x103 - Tillis vs. Jalik
February 14, 2018
An Oklahoma City construction worker had a friends-with-benefits relationship for two years but denies fathering his lover's newborn son.
5x104 - Fye vs. Hennie
February 14, 2018
A relationship is on the line because an Ohio man suspects his friend is the biological father of at least one of his girlfriend's children.
5x105 - Beversdorf vs. James
February 15, 2018
A Florida man suffered a massive heart attack and now his grieving mother wants answers regarding the paternity of his girlfriend's son.
5x106 - Bronson vs. Roberts
February 15, 2018
A 29-year-old Maryland woman and the man she has known all her life as her father appear in court to find out if he, or another man, is her dad.
5x107 - Hillman vs. O'Neal
February 16, 2018
A Georgia woman claims her ex is the father of her 13-month-old son, but he claims a different man from the neighbourhood is the true biological father.
5x108 - Adams vs. Spencer
February 19, 2018
A Minnesota woman indulged in a love triangle and is in court to find out which man fathered her 13-month-old twins.
5x109 - Crow vs. Rinehart
February 20, 2018
A Nevada woman faces her deceased lover's mother to put an end to doubts surrounding the paternity of her two-year-old son.
5x110 - Smith vs. Brooks
February 20, 2018
A Virginia woman thought her son's potential father died in Hurricane Katrina, but he's alive and well and still denies paternity of her 24-year-old son.
5x111 - Gantt/Booker vs. Booker
February 21, 2018
A Missouri man wants to prove his ex-wife's daughter is not his child so he can cut her out of his will and leave his money to one of his other children.
5x112 - Short vs. Johnson
February 21, 2018
A young Georgia woman had relations with another man after being rejected by her first love and now she's in court to find out who is her son's biological father.
5x113 - Smith vs. Smith
February 22, 2018
An Atlanta man claims his estranged wife waited three years to tell him that another man is her daughter's father, and both of her lovers come to court to find out the truth.
5x114 - Kiesel vs. Kiesel
February 22, 2018
An Arkansas man petitions the court for a DNA test because he believes one of his wife's ex-lovers is the biological father of her unborn baby.
5x115 - Kyles vs. Lyte
February 23, 2018
An Illinois woman lost her son and daughter on the same day, and she is desperate to find out if her son fathered a child prior to his death.
5x116 - Reaves vs. Silva
February 23, 2018
A Florida man says it's OK for men to cheat on their wives, and now he's in court claiming his girlfriend cheated and another man is her son's father.
5x117 - Jackson vs. Williams
February 26, 2018
A Facebook connection resulted in a one-night stand and now, a Florida man denies fathering an eight-month-old baby girl.
5x118 - Hendricks vs. Hendricks
February 27, 2018
A Kansas man doubts fathering his wife's 1-month-old son due to health issues, and Judge Lake calls on Dr. Jameelah Gater for her medical expertise.
5x119 - Harris vs. Sterling
February 27, 2018
They had an off-and-on relationship for over 15 years, and now a Georgia man denies fathering his lover's 11-month-old son.
5x120 - Mason vs. Malone
March 1, 2018
A Kentucky man refuses to accept the results of a previous DNA test that named him as the father of his girlfriend's unborn son and believes his ex's boyfriend is the father of the child, who is now 2 years old.