Lover vs. Husband: Who Is the Father? (Full Episode) | Paternity Court

Please take a seat. -Hello, your honor. -Hello. This is the case of Schwartz v. Hatton. Thanks, Jerome. Good morning everyone. Good day. Ms. Schwartz, you opened your case to prove to the defendant that he

father

ed her nine-month-old daughter, Azalynn. -Yes. -You understand his doubt but you affirm that he is his

father

. -Is that correct? -Yeah. Mr. Hatton, you claim that you are not Azalynn's father and you are certain that her biological father is another man. And that man is the plaintiff's

husband

. - Yes, your honor. Additionally, he has asked the

court

to give a polygraph test to Ms.

Schwartz to determine the extent of her alleged affairs. -Is that correct? -Yes, your honor. We'll have those results in a moment, but first, Ms. Schwartz, why are today's results so important to you? How does it feel to be denying your child? Hurts. It really hurts because we have two other children together and he is the father. But little Azalynn is left out. Oh. And can you feel that difference? I feel my daughter's pain every time she looks at him, and he'll be there with her while I'm at work and stuff like that. And other family members are taking care of my daughter and he doesn't want anything to do with her.

Um, Your Honor, I have reason to believe that she is not at work like she says she is. - Well? Who makes almost $11 an hour, gets paid every two weeks, and only brings home a hundred dollars? Well then. I was born at night. Just not last night. - -Ah OK. I mean, Your Honor, I mean... I don't think he's the father. I question the way she lives her life. I mean, it's reckless. -Reckless? - Yes. You can't just be in a relationship with a guy, have an argument, run out the door and jump into bed with the next guy. - -This is how I feel.

Every time we argue, her

husband

has to be involved. That? I mean, come on now. She will lie in bed talking on the phone and she will cry to her husband, she will tell him how bad I am. -That? -You in bed with your boyfriend calling your husband to cry about how horrible your boyfriend is. -Yeah. - Wow. -I mean, how am I supposed to feel? - Yes. Oh, excuse me, wait. You sat in bed with me in the same bed you call your ex, so what makes it different? Well. But here's the thing. - Ok, let's go. -I may talk to people but they don't end up pregnant.

Oh, no, no, no. - -They don't end up pregnant, no. I know who my baby daddy is. Well, then, Mr. Hatton, when she became pregnant with Azalynn, what was the nature of her relationship? Okay, the nature of our relationship was not good. Well. That was wrong. It was hard. It was a rocky road. We were fighting every day. I can say something and then she leaves. That's what she... So how long was she away from her when she left the house? Like two weeks in a row. - Two weeks? -Yeah. Was she on a boat cruise?

Yes. And I went... Well, where did you go, Mrs. Schwartz? -To her husband. -No. -He told me that he was sleeping in the car. - No. Uh-uh. -Come on, listen. A husband and a wife... -I sleep in my car. ...she won't stay in the same house and do nothing. So how long after the two or three disappearances that she made did she say that she was pregnant? Probably two or three times, and then she comes back and says, "Oh, I'm pregnant." She said, "Well, congratulations. Who's the dad?" Oh! Wait wait. When you found out she was pregnant, you... -When I called your family---When I found out she was pregnant, she was coming out of the bathroom counter.

No, I wasn't. A bathroom bar? Uh, the bar in a bathroom because she was playing pool. Were you involved in the pregnancy when Azalynn was born? Were you there when she was born? I was involved in her pregnancy although I do not believe the child is mine. I wanted to be a support for her. She attended medical appointments. -He did she? -He was excited about the gender every time I found out I was ten weeks pregnant… she was. I am not going to lie. But... ...he was going to have a girl, he was there for everything.

And now, suddenly, "Oh, I'm not the dad." Well, who is the dad? Jesus? Because I didn't sleep with anyone else. -And I don't have... -No. I can tell you who the dad is. Mark Schwartz. I don't have a little black book that tells me who I sleep with. -Let me tell you something. I don't write dates and I know who I am. How... how can I feel any kind of attitude towards a child that I don't think is mine? I...? Sorry, I'm not built that way. Well, obviously, he left you. -I've finished. - I'm going to act like we didn't hear that.

And furthermore, it does not appear on the birth certificate. - I wonder why. -I wonder why. You wouldn't sign the paperwork. -The truth is not in you. -Oh. But she wanted to go to the child support office right after she got out of the hospital to prove to you that she was your daughter, and you didn't even want to go. So take me to the birth. When Azalynn was born, the day she was born. Man, she wanted me to look between her legs and pull out the baby. I'm not a doctor. I certainly won't name her.

You were saying you didn't want to see that, and there are a lot of dads who can't see all that. Because how my dad raised me, no, there are things that a man should see in this word, and there are things that a man should not see and that is one of them. If you want more

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s of Paternity Court, be sure to subscribe and click the notification bell. What's wrong is that she gave the baby my last name. You didn't contest it. And she put her baby's father on the birth certificate. Uh, you didn't contest it.

You weren't willing to go to the child support office, were you? And then he wants me to play dad. -She wants me to play dad. -Oh, no, no, no. Wait. Wait. Let's make this clear. So, Ms. Schwartz, you gave Azalynn Mr. Hatton's last name. And she didn't question it. But you name your husband's father... Oh, no, no, no. No. I didn't do that until December. And I told her that if you don't go and do the paperwork, and do the DNA test and put your name on her birth certificate, my daughter will lose her insurance and everything else, and you don't care about her. .

The only thing you care about is yourself. So let's listen, let's use respectful language. Mr. Hatton, I want to ask you this. So you think Ms. Schwartz's husband is Azalynn's biological father? With all due respect, it's not a matter of belief, I know he is. And then how do you know? Because, I mean, come on. I mean, when you're married you don't spend the night at people's houses, you lie in the same bed and do nothing. When she and I first got together, she would come uptown, where I am, to stay with me for a few days and sleep with me, and then run back to the countryside with him, where she lived and raised her family with him. , and he doesn't even know it. -Oh, no, he knew it.

He knew it. -So... So you think you're potentially the child's father? I think I'm the caretaker. - - I financially support my children. I pay child support. What do you pay? Alright, let's take some control. Let's take some control. We've heard a lot about Mr. Schwartz... from you two. - Mm-hmm. But now I would like to hear from him directly. Jerome, could you escort Ms. Schwartz's husband, Mr. Schwartz, to the

court

room, please? Go directly to the witness stand, right next to the judge. Yes sir. Alright. Mr. Schwartz, thank you for being here today. You're welcome, ma'am.

Tell the court about his relationship with his wife. Oh, she cheated on me with Mr. Hatton and many others. How did she first find out about Mr. Hatton? She told me. She... She told me. And I... I let her go. And she was also calling him on the phone right in front of you. Yeah, and you guys even had an argument one night and I picked up the phone and called Hatton and told them about it. I even drove you the 250 miles to him. So isn't this a love triangle like we've never seen before? It's a hurricane.

Mr. Schwartz just testified that he went, drove, and dropped off his wife at her boyfriend's house. I have never heard of this. He had already done it. I... -The only thing I do is raise my children. - He didn't take me there. So do you believe Mr. Hatton is Azalynn's biological father? There is a chance, but there is probably a chance for other gentlemen. Is there a possibility that you are her biological father? -No. No. Yes there is a possibility that another man is the father of my daughter and that is God himself because he is the only other man in my life.

You have concerns. Oh, she had a lot of concerns, like dating sites, her emails were coming to my phone and she had the audacity and nerve to look at me when I asked her about it. She said, "Oh, that's just karma staring you in the face." -Yeah. -What does that mean? Because that doesn't even make sense. Nothing happened under... Oh, wait. How did you know he was on a dating site? - Because my application... - Okay. Because... Because her email was linked to my phone. And when she joined these sites, she sent it to my phone, the conversations, everything. -I put my photos on a dating app. -I deleted it because I thought it was funny.

I'm not worried about that. And that's why when you called me many months ago and asked if she would take her back, I said no. -And, uh, maybe you need to ask me if she would take you back, because the answer is no. And secondly, if I'm going to meet someone, hell, I might as well go meet someone in the audience and start talking to them. Well, audience? I'm just being honest. No, Barnum and Bailey. Well, Mr. Hatton, you've been concerned about these cheating accusations. - Mm-hmm. And you asked the court to give a polygraph test to Ms.

Schwartz... - Yes, ma'am. ...so that you can gain a greater understanding of its veracity. The court has done it and we have those results. Jerome, do you have the polygraph envelope? Ms. Schwartz, you met with a licensed polygraph expert who asked you a series of questions. Yes, I do. She was asked: "Since your relationship with Mr. Hatton began, have you had physical or sexual contact with any man other than Mr. Hatton?" You said yes." Oh. The lie detector determined that you were telling the truth. You basically confessed to being with another man. I didn't know it was with another man.

She told me he cheated on me with another woman. She told me he was with a woman. Yes, I did. -And she liked it. -Yes, I did. Question two. They asked her: "Since you began your relationship with Mr. Hatton, have you had physical or sexual contact with your husband? Mr. Schwartz?" You said, "No." The lie detector determined that you were being deceitful. - I haven't had sex with him. Come on, I have no reason to lie. Well, as the song would say, "Whoomp, there - Yes. - Amen. So... with all this, all this, Mr. Hatton... Now do you see my concerns? - Are these your doubts? - I see them.

I see them. So listen. You two are a handful. Yes. Who are we? But we have to put the focus back on Azalynn because, at the end of the day, we are here for her. Absolutely. That's the only reason I'm here. She is a beautiful innocent girl. And the stakes are high because she, at this point, she's nine months old and she doesn't really have to know that all of this happened. We might get the answer and hope

full

y resolve the issue of her

paternity

. I really don't even care if he's her father because I'm mom and dad to her.

Well, at the end of the day, she deserves to know her biological father. That's why you came. We need to know the truth so we can decide what to do with you two. Jerome. -Thank you. -You are welcome. These results were prepared by DNA Diagnostics and read as follows. In the case of Schwartz v. Hatton, regarding whether Mr. Hatton or Mr. Schwartz is the father of nine-month-old Azalynn Hatton, this court has determined that the biological father is Mr. Hatton. Thanks, it's okay. This is her daughter, Mr. Hatton. And I appreciate it, your honor. I couldn't be in my first children's lives, and now they are older. -I wonder why.

Now do you want to play dad to her? Because, you know, I was young. I made mistakes when I was young. Will you take me to court? If I want to be a part of my son's life, that's what will happen. Alright. -EM. Schwartz, you can stand there with your... - Yeah. ...crossing your arms and pouting your lips and all this drama. It doesn't help the baby. And I realize that this has almost become your defense mechanism. I see that. That when you're not believed or you don't feel valued or respected, you go into this mode of, "Well, I don't care.

I don't need anyone. I don't need this." And I understand it. We have advice. -We have resources for you. - Yes you're right. And I want you to talk to Dr. Jeff and find out how you can have a decent conversation. - Yes. - Without all the hate. Without all the hate, the insinuations, the hitting. And that's what will help you get ahead. That's what will help you move to the next phase. So you can be the mother I know you want to be for this baby. Wish you all the best. Take advantage of advice and resources.

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