Brian McKnight Paternity Case Dismissed

Last year, Miriam Lee filed a paternity suit in Florida against singer Brian McKnight, claiming that McKnight was the father of her 14-year-old son. McKnight was legally served but never filed a response to the suit.

The judge then entered a default judgment of paternity and child support against McKnight. He was required to pay $11,388 a month on-going as well as $341,640 in back support.

At the time, a representative for McKnight indicated that “[t]he judgment in Florida was a default judgment made without Brian present. He’s still looking to establish paternity, and is awaiting the results of a recent test.” Those DNA tests were finally completed this month.

The tests apparently indicated that McKnight is not the father of Lee’s son. The judge dismissed the paternity case and McKnight is no longer responsible for the back child support payments.

But McKnight’s not totally finished in family court though. He was recently in a California court over child support for a 1-year-old boy. That little boy’s mother, Miriam Moreno, has hired attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan, who represented Kevin Federline in his divorce from Britney Spears.

Unlike in the Florida case, it doesn’t appear that McKnight contested paternity of the California toddler – who is named Evan Brian McKnight.

Library Topics: paternity, Florida family law, child support, DNA test, California family law