Article: Judge orders DNA test for child in James Brown Estate case.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Brief article)

A South Carolina judge has ordered a paternity test for the 6-year-old son of a woman who claimed to be James Brown's wife when he died.

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Judge Jack Early said the DNA test on James Brown II should be completed within the next 30 days. Trustees handling the singer's estate questioned the claims of Tomi Rae Hynie that her son is Brown's son, attorneys representing Hynie and the child said.

"Clearly, James Brown has held up this child to be his son," said Peter Shahid, a court-appointed attorney for James Brown II, adding that the child has received Social Security and insurance benefits since the soul singer's death. "We have writings that he ...

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