Season 5
121 episodes · 2017
1McDaniel vs. Lennon
The plaintiff says it was her former partners idea to start a family.
2Martin vs. Pinner
A Tennessee man wants answers about the paternity of his girlfriend's daughter.
3Gray vs. Pierson
Hey North Carolina woman had revenge sex with a member of her boyfriend's family.
4Watson vs. Mahoney
A 9-year relationship is on the line.
5White vs. White
After just one week of marriage, a North Carolina man began to suspect his wife was cheating.
6Monroe vs. Reid
A terminally ill mother learns that a woman is pregnant with her deceased son's child.
7Touray vs. Lacey
A Florida man says the "pajama man" is the father of his ex-lover's son.
8Thomas vs. McKey
A promiscuous Louisiana man may be the father of three.
9Rogers vs. Stone
In Michigan man rejects his childhood friend's 7-month-old son.
10Owens/Rowe vs. Raynes
A woman wants to know if her mother has been keeping her father's true identity a secret.
11Clay/Edmond vs. Rudolph
A man's death leaves his mother with doubts that he fathered a child before he passed.
12McGrier vs. Wade
A man with a rare blood type thinks he father a child with the same blood type.
13Fisher vs. Meyer
The man that siblings think is their father claims that their mother cheated on him.
14Stokley vs. Tucker
A Philadelphia man denies paternity of his ex-girlfriend's adult daughter.
15Brown vs. Lever
A live-in lover refuses to move out until he finds out if he is the father of a woman's children.
16Jennings vs. Lynn
A promiscuous Georgia woman wants to know who her adult daughter's father is
17Kidd vs. Rawlings
Infidelity and a medical condition bring a young man and his mother to court in search of answers.
18Matthews vs. Thompson/Shaw
A woman wants to know if she is the daughter of a pair of cheaters.
19Johnson vs. Carr
A Mississippi man has waited 18 years to find out if he fathered a daughter with his first love.
20Peebles vs. Peebles
A Missouri man wants proof that his wife's child is his after learning that she had revenge sex.
21Baylor vs. Childs
A 20 year-old Virginia woman brings a Georgia man and his wife to court to prove that he is her biological father.
22McDaniel vs. Wells
A Kentucky man doubts the paternity of his wife's children because neither child has his "roller-coaster shaped" head.
23Caples vs. Harris
An Iowa woman accuses her ex's girlfriend of spying on her in the hospital when she gave birth, but the ex says he's heard rumors that he's not the child's father.
24Lohman vs. Mitchell
Young Texas friends-turned-lovers are headed to the altar but must first answer the question of whether he fathered her daughter.
25Autry vs. Martin
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.
26McRae vs. Moore/Moore
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.
27Smethers vs. Stevens
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.
28Davis vs. Gilbert/Jones
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.
29Duvall/Bovill vs. Bovill
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.
30Arbogast vs. Vess
A Kansas man's ex-girlfriend accuses him of denying her 2-year-old because he's involved with a friend.
31Hunter vs. Holden
A Florida auto mechanic suspects his live-in girlfriend had another man's baby and is only with him for his money.
32Horton vs. Conrad
A Maryland man brings his wife to court to find out if the milk man is her daughter's father.
33Moffett vs. Johnson
The life of a 28-year-old woman is changed when a stranger claims to be her true biological father.
34Whittier vs. Reed
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.
35Manship/Lutman vs. Laupp
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.
36Allen vs. Lavant/Mitchell
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.
37Coates/Hooker vs. Baker
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.
38Chmielinski vs. Brown/Long III
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.
39Marsh vs. Reed
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.
40Herman vs. Houston
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.
41Taylor vs. Orr
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.
42Downing vs. Jones, Part 1
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]
43Downing vs. Jones, Part 2
A 29-year-old Georgia woman demands to know which of her mother's three ex-lovers is her father. [Part 2 of 2]
44Runles vs. Taylor
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.
45Mask/Muriel vs. Redmond
A Michigan woman believes that her younger brother's ex is taking advantage of him.
46Garnett vs. Langston
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.
47Streety vs. Johnson
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.
48Update 1: You Are the Father
Updates on past guests who learned that they are fathers: who stepped up and who walked out of their children's lives.
49Allen vs. Toliver
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.
50Dallas vs. Stewart
A Michigan man has to choose between his wife and his mistress and hopes the DNA results will help him make a decision.
51Jones-Henry vs. Jackson
A former military man comes face to face with the woman he left behind 35 years ago and the daughter she claims he fathered.
52Murray vs. Gerald-Donaldson
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.
53Laws vs. Bailey
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.
54Lusk vs. Paige
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.
55Kennedy vs. Pope
A "friend with benefits" denies paternity of a 3-month-old boy.
56Tant vs. Wynn
A Texas man says he caught his wife cheating with a neighbor.
57Collins vs. Stone
An Ohio man questions the paternity of his lover's daughter.
58Update 2: Revealing Updates
Updates on what happened to families after they heard the DNA test results.
59Muller vs. Robinson
A Texas woman comes to court in hopes of leaving with a father who will walk her down the aisle in her upcoming wedding.
60Johnson vs. Davis
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.
61Milton vs. Lewis
An Arizona man accuses his childhood crush of trying to trap him with a baby.
62Wolf vs. Cottle
An Ohio man, betrayed by his girlfriend and former best friend, comes to court to prove he is not the father of her baby.
63Lloyd vs. Railey
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.
64Ahmad vs. Day
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.
65Cherpes vs. McQueen
A young Michigan woman is upset that her boyfriend denies he's the father after he supposedly begged her to have his child.
66Kingsbury vs. James
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.
67Williams vs. Smith
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."
68Update 3: Is He the Father?
Judge Lake revisits some of the show's most emotional cases and gives updates on what happened after the DNA test results were delivered.
69Lindsey vs. Dannenbrink
A 35-year-old California woman comes to court to find out if a longtime friend of the family is also her biological father.
70Thomas vs. Nelson
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.
71Gaytz vs. Rembold
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.
72Knowles vs. Lindsley
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.
73Richardson vs. Smith
A 20-year-old woman from South Carolina accuses her ex of abandoning her and their baby.
74Griffin vs. Richmond
A Mississippi woman faces her past when she appears in court to find out if her sister's husband is her daughter's father.
75Butts vs. Richardson
A Pennsylvania man says $2 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.
76Washup vs. Smith
A woman comes to court to prove that a man who died when her son was in utero was his father.
77Hall vs. Richards
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.
78Casey vs. Hatfill
An Illinois man cheated and then married his family member's baby sitter, but now he doubts fathering her 16-month-old son.
79Benskin vs. Haskett
An Indiana man woman claims her former lover is denying her daughter because he and his girlfriend are back together again.
80Ramos vs. Edwards
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.
81Hanes vs. Manning
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.
82Walker vs. DeVost
A New York man was recently informed that he may not be the father of his ex-girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter.
83Van Metre vs. Watkins
A West Virigina man denies his girlfriend's son because she had car sex with another man during the time of conception.
84Woods vs. James
A Florida man comes to court with hopes that he is the father of his girlfriend's 11-month-old daughter.
85Richardson vs. Robbins
A Minnesota man claims his ex-girlfriend is still married and believes her husband is the father of her two-month-old son.
86Dark vs. Bailey
An Atlanta man and his pregnant girlfriend claim he is not the father of another woman's 13-month-old son.
87Hardy vs. Lynn
A Georgia woman returns to court with two of her mother's ex-lovers and hopes that one of them is her father.
88Watts vs. Sherrill
A Detroit woman lost both her sons and is desperate to know if one of them fathered a child prior to his death.
89Boyd vs. Henderson
A Florida man claims he was only joking when he told a 27-year-old woman that he was her biological father.
90Hicks vs. Smith
An Arkansas man rejects his girlfriend's three-month-old daughter after hearing rumours that another man is the father.
91Miles vs. Turner
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.
92Robinson/Palmer vs. Rollins
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.
93Calhoun vs. Proutt
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.
94Luper vs. Downs
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.
95Parmer vs. Ross
A Georgia woman accuses an Alabama man of fathering her three-month-old son, but he claims she was also sleeping with another man.
96Moody vs. Brackins
An Alabama woman admits she was torn between two men and does not know for certain which man fathered her two-year-old daughter.
97Johnson vs. Rice
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.
98Weir vs. Wilson
A Tennessee woman asked her gay best friend to be her son's godfather, but now she's accusing him of getting her pregnant.
99Payne vs. Yates
An Alabama man appears shocked when a 20-year-old woman tracks him down on social media and accuses him of being her father.
100Garrett vs. Boyer
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.
101McCrary vs. Goodson
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.
102Hernandez vs. Hernandez
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.
103Tillis vs. Jalik
An Oklahoma City construction worker had a friends-with-benefits relationship for two years but denies fathering his lover's newborn son.
104Fye vs. Hennie
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.
105Beversdorf vs. James
A Florida man suffered a massive heart attack and now his grieving mother wants answers regarding the paternity of his girlfriend's son.
106Bronson vs. Roberts
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.
107Hillman vs. O'Neal
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.
108Adams vs. Spencer
A Minnesota woman indulged in a love triangle and is in court to find out which man fathered her 13-month-old twins.
109Crow vs. Rinehart
A Nevada woman faces her deceased lover's mother to put an end to doubts surrounding the paternity of her two-year-old son.
110Smith vs. Brooks
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.
111Gantt/Booker vs. Booker
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.
112Short vs. Johnson
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.
113Smith vs. Smith
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.
114Kiesel vs. Kiesel
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.
115Kyles vs. Lyte
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.
116Reaves vs. Silva
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.
117Jackson vs. Williams
A Facebook connection resulted in a one-night stand and now, a Florida man denies fathering an eight-month-old baby girl.
118Hendricks vs. Hendricks
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.
119Harris vs. Sterling
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.
120Mason vs. Malone
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.
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