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Mathew Knowles Ordered to Pay Temporary Child Support

K. McKinney — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:07:13 +0000

Mathew Knowles, father and manager of singer Beyonce Knowles (and father-in-law of rapper Jay-Z), has been ordered to pay Alexsandra Wright $8,200 a month in child support for her son Nixon Wright. Little Nixon was born on February 4, 2010. The child support order is a temporary one though.

Earlier this week, a Los Angeles judge issued the support order, retroactive to February 1. Knowles must also pay 100% of uninsured medical costs related to Wright’s pregnancy and childbirth as well as other baby-related expenses, setting the figure at $20,750 for the month of January. Knowles reportedly already paid about $10,000 for hospital bills.

Wright claims she had an 18-month relationship with Knowles and he is Nixon’s father. Knowles has not denied paternity (but has not admitted it either). A DNA test is scheduled for March 1.

Wright is represented by family law attorney Neal Hersh. Knowles’ attorney is celebrity lawyer Lance Spiegel.

Mathew Knowles is currently involved in another family law matter as well – a divorce from his wife of many years, Tina Knowles.

Library Topics: child support, paternity, DNA test, family law attorney

Beyonce’s Dad Hit with Paternity Suit

MyFamilyLaw Admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:23:54 +0000

TMZ.com is reporting that singer Beyonce’s father/manager Mathew Knowles is facing a paternity suit in Los Angeles. Alexsandra Wright, 38, filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that Knowles is the father of her unborn baby.

Wright is six months pregnant and, according to TMZ, works in the “name-branding business” (but appeared in one episode of the sitcom Scrubs back in 2001 and one episode of JAG in 1999, according to IMDB.com). Knowles has been married to Beyonce’s mother, Tina Knowles since 1980.

Sources say Wright is represented by Hollywood family law attorney Neal Hersh, who currently represents Lamar Odom in prenup negotiations with Khloe Kardashian and has previously represented Kim Basinger, Brad Pitt, Pamela Anderson and Halle Berry.

Neither Knowles nor Hersh has made any public comment at this time.

By filing a paternity suit, Wright seeks a determination of the legal parentage of her child, a custody and visitation order upon the birth of the child, an award of prenatal and delivery expenses and a judgment of child support. All of this assumes though that Knowles will either admit fathering the child or will be proven the father after DNA testing.