*Going to a funeral is not disrespectful to your current relationship. You go to pay respect and support your child.*

If only we could ALL sue our parents for emotional distress😏😅

She said she was sold off at 6 months, but he says he didn't meet her until she was 1. Somebody's lying.

Sounds like she might be been one of those rebel teens who didn't wanna listen to anyone.

For some reason I believe him.

So the audience is getting a little obnoxious. This is not Maury. Respect the court.

I believe him when he said that she stole his money. Really, her body language, attitude, and smirk says it all.

A 7 year old is writing her father's name on birth certificate. What kind of a world is this

Seems like she wasn’t used to discipline.

That grandma lied to her to make the dad seem like a person. She also took credit for everything he purchased.

Why is the audience so loud now lol they need to quiet down

What these plantiffs have to realize that sometimes their parents lie. Her mother obviously had issues because she didn't raise her either. She is getting second hand info and directing all her anger towards him. Her mother was on drugs and probably lived a life of a woman on drugs. He has reason to doubt.

Seems to me that the grandmother took all the gifts he bought her, and claimed SHE gave them to her. That's sad. Bitterness was transferred from mom to grandmother, then down to the child.

She won't want a real relationship, just his money. She even came to court suing for money.

She had good handwriting skills at 7 years old lol!

Wait a minute she believes he's her father and suing him for ruining her life 😕. OK then

My condolences to her for losing her mother so young 🙏🏽

I feel like he is telling the truth. Look at the daughter's face every time the dad tells a story, she has the look of guilt

She never asked where her grandmother got the money from. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Or her grandmother just decided not to say?

That young lady needs counseling!

When she said she was married with three kids I was shocked. She acts like a rebellious teenager.

Fire Marshal Bill may not have been perfect, but I smell a spoiled brat here!!🙄🙁

Daughter and father suing each other...horrible situation

I believe the father 🤷🏽‍♀️ He was probably giving her Grandmother money to care for her when she was with her..... She's a whole trip!🤨

Honestly...I believe him for some reason. The daughter has had a difficult childhood, and he had a part in that. However, I think she's lying about certain things. I also think she's ungrateful of the things he did do for her.

Controlling or being a father?

Is it me or is the audience a bit more vocal than usual?

Notice how she never blame her mother not once. The father is a good man, and I believe everything he said.

She looks 21. She has THREE kids 😱 her husband looks like her father😨😨

It is clear that the young lady has complex issues. She is angry and hurt which prevents her from seeing the truth and being objective. She also has a lying habit. Learn, face the truth and grow.

Why does he look like Gargamel from the smurfs?

He said she's like her mom. For some reason, I believe him 🤷🏽‍♀️

I believe the dad. I don't think he was perfect and I'm sure there was hurt there for the daughter because of her mom, but she had a certain smirk when he talked about her taking $500 of his money. Just a hint of a glimmer of what seems to be truth.

This child has been so deceived. She thinks Grandma bought her motorcycles , waterbed etc.... I wonder🤔

05:34 "I'll tell you the truth your honor, I'm from a well-doothy family."

Will the audience please shut up! They are making noises at times when it don’t need it lol

Who else believe this man is a good father? And I believe everything he says

I really don’t think that I would find it “disrespectful” for my husband to go, and be emotionally supportive to his child from a prior relationship, if the child’s mother past away. Regardless of the child’s age, if he/she need the emotional support hubby gotta be there

I wouldn't let my children wear skimpy clothes either. Good work daddy.

He was trying to teach his daughter not to wear provocative clothing and he wanted to show her what the consequences are for stealing. He also didn't want her around girls who dress and behave inappropriately. He sounds like a great dad to me. He probably needed to communicate things more clearly to her and to be loving but stern but he's only human and he only wanted the best for her.

Best part was the ending...time heals all wounds

2:51 Can we all acknowledge how amazing her hand writing was for a 7 year old? I mean really?!

Hmm this girl is talking about a lot of things that she couldn't possible know. U were 6 months old, how the heck u know what happened. U just know what people told u. She sounds like a little brat. Not saying the guy was perfect either but something about this girl's story is .....

He’s a good man ... I believe every word he said

Was the audience told to be all extra?? It's quite annoying.

Isaiah 43: 2 "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."

Why couldnt they call the police dept. I believe him. She seems stuck up.

actually, that IS what a real dad would do.... They want you to understand consequences so you don't go deeper down that road

There's no excuse for not physically being available for your child. The girl was 16, doesn't matter who you're with, you accompany your child for moral support. If your fiancè couldn't comprehend that then you both deserve each other. If the defendant was so well off why not pay for a DNA test when the plaintiff was a child?

I'm trying to figure out why she specifically asked for $5000 for emotional distress.

It makes me sad that she thinks $5000 is fair payment for her "entire life ruined."

Idky but the daughter is sort of irritating me. She has so much to say about what happened between her mother and the potential father but she couldn't possibly know what was going on with them before she was born. She's going off what everyone else is telling her and not by actual facts. However, I sympathize with her because my father never was apart of my life but still uhh, idk

No way she wrote that at 7y/o . But whatever .

"When I was 6 months old, they sold me to my grandma " How does she know this??

Wow I was surprised when she said she's married with 3 kids. She really has some growing up to do. Also, if she wanted some money from her "rich" dad, why not ask imstead of suing him for it lol

Jamaican in the court, evening y'all

To all my fellow Federal Employees I am continually praying for us and our families as well as the people that we’re blessed to render services to on a daily basis. THIS IS TRULY A HUMBLING SITUATION, But I have faith that although things are looking a bit grim, this too shall pass. MAY YOU ALL HAVE ABUNDANT BLESSINGS 🙌🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾

I love the judge she is literally a queen

You can’t make up the story he is telling!!!

We need a lie detector. I feel like that girl is lying

Parents who think money and material makes up for time. Love. Affection are ignorant AF

I believe him about the things he purchased. I know for a fact that me and my husband purchased things for his daughter and mailed them to her often especially Christmas and Birthdays and when we finally went and got her at the age of 13 we asked her about the stuff and she remembered getting them but thought her mom purchased it for her smh. U can tell she's disrespectful too.

Here’s my take based on what was said. Beware, it’s kinda long. So the girl’s mother (RIP) was a gold digger and a drug addict. She had the baby and didn’t tell the man until she realized how much she needed money, knowing he came from it, to keep her addiction going; hence why she “sold” her daughter to her parents at 6 months. The man resentful of what the mother did wasn’t a physically presence in the girl’s life but provided fiscally an exorbitant amount to give her many of expensive things which neither her mother or grandparents told her were from her dad in order to make him a villain. She stayed with him for a while but not knowing how much he contributed financially, as well as being resentful over him not physically being there, tried to make him as miserable as possible, to include dressing skimpy and stealing from him until he had enough and kicked her out. Not to mention all the resentment she held over the years led her to hanging with a bad crowd. Now years later after all of that she has created a story in her mind that he was a monster of a father and way worse then he actually was. While giving money is great it doesn’t make up for actually being there in person for her whole life. Plus her grandparents couldn’t accept what their daughter did so they put it all on him in a huge act of denial.

Anyone else notice what the dad said there at the end, that he wanted the step up and be there for her. Doesn't that imply that, contrary to his testimony, he HADN'T actually been there for her before? Hmm...

Some people don't know what a bad parent is. She should be GRATEFUL that she had her grandmother. Some children have no one.

For some reason I'm inclined to believe the father, he seems more credible to me..

Good day everyone!

(Whisper) Hello PC fam gang, (creeping in like the person who arrived late to church)

They took that money and smoked it up....

Dude looks like death...

Both of them are just as petty as they want to be.

The guy looks creepy but he has a compelling story. Bring in the results.

Seems to me that her anger should be pointed at her mother....i'm jus sayin. Sounds like somebody has bee filling this girl's head wit a lot of foolishness. Not sho why she's even here. If she doesn't want him to be her father jus say "u ain't my daddy" and move on wit ur life....SMDH

Got news for that girl, YES a loving father would have done what he did in having his daughter scared by the police and shown what could happen. He did a tough love thing, which he did for her benefit. I don't blame the dad, I'd not allow any female to come into my house and stay, dressed like that!

As soon as she asks him for money and he says "No", she's going to be calling him the worse dad ever.

The adult ones are always such snoozefests for me. 😩 I need that “new new” drama. Not the 20-30 year old drama. 😂

That’s what a real dad would do. A good dad will turn in a child that’s a thief every time.

Judge lake is absolutely GORGEOUS BLACK is truly BEAUTIFUL❤💛💜👄💕👸🌸🌹🍒

If everyone sued their father for missing birthday's etc because of emotional distress then the courts would have to have a 24hr drive through style system. Everyone would be suing from single mothers to miserably married

Happy Friday Everyone....I know everyone's drained from the holiday....Have a restful weekend cousins ❤🤗😘❤

The man did the best for a child he wasn't sure was is. He was stunned with the result and wished he could have done more. Imagine missing his daughter's wedding? Not being in his 3 grandkids lives? Prior to this, she was just a pain in the neck. I'm sure he wished he sent her to Harvard. I doubt she went to college.

I’m more focused on the Asian woman asleep in the back lolllll💀😂

Hold up. At the end he apologized and said "I'll step up and be a father to you." But in his testimonies he claimed he was in her life, took care of her and etc etc. So at the end he inverbally admitted he was not in her life like that and did not take care of her. If you were already in her life and took care of her, you wont say "I'll step up and be a father to you."

This man sounds like a good caring man who just wanted the best for this girl tho he had genuine doubts and she is just an out of control spoilt girl! She is also telling lots of lies cos her stories don’t sound true.

I don't believe he is "well-to-do." No one who is well-to-do would voluntarily wear that suit!

He said i left to go do a couple of r then said errands what he meant to say was i went to make a couple of runs. RUNS! We all know what that means!!

Anyone else think she was hoping to prove he's not dad because she resents the boundaries he has? Going between 3 homes, she got good and manipulating the adults and can't appreciate what's been done for her. Spoiled brat!

Granny lied to her too much that she had zero respect for her dad

WOW his partner is 32.....😦

If he's well to do like he claims, I'm a pale, red haired woman. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Why am I so addicted to this show??? I barely discovered it a few days ago..and can't stop watching it.

Obviously no one was perfect in this situation. Her parents could’ve done better. I’m sure her father was hurt when she said I wish he was not my father. I’m sure he understands her reasons. Stay blessed everyone and love your family because who knows they could be gone tomorrow.

First time I’ve seen somebody in the audience fall asleep 😂😂 hmm she must’ve woken up super early just to get those front row seats 😂 @7:32

I believe the father....is he the father?

Hey rollcall bro and sis. How was you day? Hope you had or having a great one .

😱What in the Paternity Court?!?! Who let Fire Marshal Bill make a baby??!!

He wasn't there when I had my kids did u call him no

He said her mother was a crackhead- usually they date other drug addicts. He sounded like he was telling the truth- but as much as he remembered? She appeared totally snotty and self absorbed. I feel terrible she lost her mother- but I'm afraid this cell phone social media generation is raising a whole of these. .

I cannot imagine airing my dirty laundry like this for the entire world to see

I’m I the only one that heard that triple negative coming out of the girlfriend’s mouth?? “He NEVER told me that he DIDN’T think that Stephanie was NOT his...” Me = 😳....🤔 that don’t sound right.