
Different from other court shows, "Lauren Lake's Paternity Court" acts only on family issues. There are no battles over rent money or damages caused by a car accident. These emotional cases can have life-changing consequences for participants and sometimes new beginnings for individuals. While most suits relate to a child's paternity -- including deadbeat dads and DNA-test determinations -- others involve things like grandparents fighting for visitation rights. Lake's lengthy legal career has specialized in family law, making her a natural fit for this court.

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.

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.

A married Florida couple return to court to find out the paternity of her newborn son and to end an ex's claims that he is the father.

A 20-year-old woman from South Carolina accuses her ex of abandoning her and their baby.