Paternity Court
TVPG
Reality
Law
Paternity court — where genetic science meets the law — brings families together or severs them.
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, June 16
Kennedy vs. Pope
Season 5 • Episode 55
A "friend with benefits" denies paternity of a 3-month-old boy.
Monday, June 16
Tant vs. Wynn
Season 5 • Episode 56
A Texas man says he caught his wife cheating with a neighbor.
Monday, June 16
Collins vs. Stone
Season 5 • Episode 57
An Ohio man questions the paternity of his lover's daughter.
Monday, June 16
Update 2: Revealing Updates
Season 5 • Episode 58
Updates on what happened to families after they heard the DNA test results.
Tuesday, June 17
Muller vs. Robinson
Season 5 • Episode 59
A Texas woman comes to court in hopes of leaving with a father who will walk her down the aisle.
Tuesday, June 17
Johnson vs. Davis
Season 5 • Episode 60
Dr. Jackie from "Married to Medicine" weighs in on a case involving fraternal twins.
Tuesday, June 17
Milton vs. Lewis
Season 5 • Episode 61
An Arizona man accuses his childhood crush of trying to trap him with a baby.
Tuesday, June 17
Wolf vs. Cottle
Season 5 • Episode 62
An Ohio man, betrayed by his girlfriend, comes to court to prove he is not the father of her baby.
Wednesday, June 18
Lloyd vs. Railey
Season 5 • Episode 63
Men join forces and bring a woman to court to see if either of them is the father of her baby girl.
Wednesday, June 18
Ahmad vs. Day
Season 5 • Episode 64
An Ohio man is desperate to prove that he fathered his lover's daughter.
Wednesday, June 18
Cherpes vs. McQueen
Season 5 • Episode 65
A young Michigan woman is upset that her boyfriend denies he's the father.
Wednesday, June 18
Kingsbury vs. James
Season 5 • Episode 66
Suspicions of cheating and the child's illness have a man questioning paternity.
Thursday, June 19
Williams vs. Smith
Season 5 • Episode 67
A Florida man goes to court to prove he did not father a child more than 20 years ago.
Thursday, June 19
Update 3: Is He the Father?
Season 5 • Episode 68
Judge Lake revisits some of the show's most emotional cases and gives updates.
Thursday, June 19
Lindsey vs. Dannenbrink
Season 5 • Episode 69
A woman comes to court to find out if a longtime friend of the family is her biological father.
Thursday, June 19
Thomas vs. Nelson
Season 5 • Episode 70
The paternity of a former couple's fifth child is in question.
Friday, June 20
Gaytz vs. Rembold
Season 5 • Episode 71
An Indiana woman is in court because she made a deathbed promise to her son.
Friday, June 20
Knowles vs. Lindsley
Season 5 • Episode 72
A couple return to court to end an ex's claims that he is the father of her newborn son.
Friday, June 20
Richardson vs. Smith
Season 5 • Episode 73
A 20-year-old woman from South Carolina accuses her ex of abandoning her and their baby.
Friday, June 20
Griffin vs. Richmond
Season 5 • Episode 74
A Mississippi woman appears in court to find out if her sister's husband is her daughter's father.
Monday, June 23
Butts vs. Richardson
Season 5 • Episode 75
A man and his ex-girlfriend are in court to end doubts regarding the paternity of her preschooler.
Monday, June 23
Washup vs. Smith
Season 5 • Episode 76
A woman comes to court to prove that a man who died when her son was in utero was his father.
Monday, June 23
Hall vs. Richards
Season 5 • Episode 77
A California woman accuses her daughter's ex of being a deadbeat dad.
Monday, June 23
Casey vs. Hatfill
Season 5 • Episode 78
A man cheated then married his family member's baby sitter, but now he doubts fathering her son.
Tuesday, June 24
Benskin vs. Haskett
Season 5 • Episode 79
An Indiana woman says her former lover is denying her daughter.
Tuesday, June 24
Ramos vs. Edwards
Season 5 • Episode 80
A Connecticut woman wants to prove her boyfriend is not the father of her 23-day-old baby.
Tuesday, June 24
Hanes vs. Manning
Season 5 • Episode 81
A California man claims his girlfriend dumped him to get back with her ex.
Tuesday, June 24
Walker vs. DeVost
Season 5 • Episode 82
A New York man was recently informed that he may not be the father of his ex-girlfriend's daughter.
Wednesday, June 25
Van Metre vs. Watkins
Season 5 • Episode 83
A West Virginia man denies his girlfriend's son because she had car sex with another man.
Wednesday, June 25
Woods vs. James
Season 5 • Episode 84
A Florida man hopes that he is the father of his girlfriend's 11-month-old daughter.
Wednesday, June 25
Richardson vs. Robbins
Season 5 • Episode 85
A man claims his ex-girlfriend is still married and believes her husband is the father of her son.
Wednesday, June 25
Hardy vs. Lynn
Season 5 • Episode 87
Woman returns to court with two of her mother's ex-lovers and hopes that one of them is her father.
Thursday, June 26
Dark vs. Bailey
Season 5 • Episode 86
A man and his pregnant girlfriend claim he is not the father of another woman's 13-month-old son.
Thursday, June 26
Watts vs. Sherrill
Season 5 • Episode 88
A Detroit woman lost both her sons and is desperate to know if one of them fathered a child.
Thursday, June 26
Boyd vs. Henderson
Season 5 • Episode 89
A Florida man claims he was only joking when he told a 27-year-old woman that he was her father.
Thursday, June 26
Miles vs. Turner
Season 5 • Episode 91
An Alabama man is ready to face the truth and find out if he is the father of an Arkansas woman.
Friday, June 27
Hicks vs. Smith
Season 5 • Episode 90
An Arkansas man rejects his girlfriend's 3-month-old daughter after hearing rumors.
Friday, June 27
Robinson/Palmer vs. Rollins
Season 5 • Episode 92
A 24-year-old Georgia woman confronts her mother's former lover in court.
Friday, June 27
Calhoun vs. Proutt
Season 5 • Episode 93
A Texas man claims he felt pressured into signing the birth certificate for his girlfriend's baby.
Friday, June 27
Luper vs. Downs
Season 5 • Episode 94
A Kentucky man dated a woman he met in church and gave her twins his last name.
Monday, June 30
Parmer vs. Ross
Season 5 • Episode 95
A Georgia woman accuses an Alabama man of fathering her 3-month-old son.
Monday, June 30
Moody vs. Brackins
Season 5 • Episode 96
An Alabama woman does not know for certain who fathered her 2-year-old daughter.
Monday, June 30
Johnson vs. Rice
Season 5 • Episode 97
Two men appear in court to find out if either of them is the father of a 6-month-old son.
Monday, June 30
Weir vs. Wilson
Season 5 • Episode 98
A Tennessee woman accuses her gay best friend of getting her pregnant.
Tuesday, July 1
Payne vs. Yates
Season 5 • Episode 99
A 20-year-old woman tracks down an Alabama man on social media and accuses him of being her father.
Tuesday, July 1
McCrary vs. Goodson
Season 5 • Episode 101
A Georgia woman's ex claims the woman dropped out of his life long before getting pregnant.
Tuesday, July 1
Garrett vs. Boyer
Season 5 • Episode 100
A woman waits two years to bring her ex-lover to court to prove that he is her daughter's father.
Tuesday, July 1
Hernandez vs. Hernandez
Season 5 • Episode 102
A married couple from Key West, Fla., separated over doubts about paternity.
Wednesday, July 2
Fye vs. Hennie
Season 5 • Episode 104
A man suspects his friend is the biological father of at least one of his girlfriend's children.
Wednesday, July 2
Tillis vs. Jalik
Season 5 • Episode 103
An Oklahoma City construction worker denies fathering his lover's newborn son.
Wednesday, July 2
Bronson vs. Roberts
Season 5 • Episode 106
A 29-year-old Maryland woman and the man she has known all her life as her father appear in court.
Wednesday, July 2
Beversdorf vs. James
Season 5 • Episode 105
A Florida man's grieving mother wants answers regarding the paternity of his girlfriend's son.
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