Elizabeth claims Charles is a sex addict who got her sick while she was pregnant! Charles has moved on with a new girlfriend and wants out of his marriage!

Spread the Germs

Sunshine Lee vs. Gregg Lee

He says she emasculates him and constantly teases him about his name; she says he would rather clean house than spend time with her.

9 Kim vs June Neal

Patrice and Curtis have been married for three years, but separated when Patrice found out he was trying to hook up with her best friend.

Curtis Sloan-Glenn vs Patrice Price

Brandy squared first met when they were teenagers; they were inseparable. However, after ten years together, Brandy (boy) says Brandy is a manipulator and verbally abuses him.

Brandy Horton vs Brandy Jefferson

Anicka says she is sick and tired of being married to a “CAVEMAN!” She says Floyd, her husband of 10 years, doesn’t help at all when it comes to their 4 kids!

Anicka Pettis vs Floyd Pettis

Rhonda and Joseph have been married for ten years and are ready to call it quits. Joseph says his wife doesn't appreciate his hard work around the house and he's tired of picking up after her mess.

Rhonda Burton vs Joseph Burton

Cynthia says she's tired of Courtney's compulsive lies about his exes, his lack of respect, his hoarding issues, and the work it takes to "blend their family." Further fueling the fire is Cynthia's "judgmental, alcoholic" mom (Patricia) who evidently always takes Courtney's side.

Cynthia Binion vs Courtney Warren

Jessica and Brandon first met on a singles cruise to the Bahamas, but it’s been far from a smooth ride ever since. After a few years of living together, Jessica says she found Brandon to be a compulsive liar with a huge gambling problem.

Jessica Simmons vs Brandon Phillips

DeSiona says her husband, Shelvie, left after six months of marriage. She feels Shelvie finally decided to leave after a heated argument he had with her teenage daughter.

DeSiona Rose vs Shelvie Rose

Shawnta wants a divorce from her husband Matthew. She says she can no longer live with his gambling addiction.

Shawnta Wilson vs Matthew Wilson

Franklin says when he met Dianne five years ago; it was love at first sight. Now he says all Dianne does is complain about his short comings.

Franklin Porter vs Dianne McInnis

Rosetta and Melvin have been married for a total of 13 times between the two of them and have already married each other twice.

Melvin "M.T." Avant vs Rosetta Caraway-Avant

Queen and Diette have been married for 4 months, but have a 6 year old son together. While Diette says he still wants to save their marriage, Queen is ready to call it quits!

Miqueenise Weed vs Diette Weed

Sonja and Duane got pregnant one week after meeting each other. They married three months later, but after just two years, they now want a divorce.

Sonja Glass vs Duane Bissell

Tanya and Davaren have been dating off-and-on for eleven years. Tanya says she wants to marry Davaren but can’t get past her lack of trust for him.

Tanya Saucedo vs Davaren Hightower

After two years of marriage to her husband, Cletus, Venus is ready to call it quits! She says Cletus has become a ladies man due to his marijuana activism.

Cletus "Kron" Greathouse vs Venus Anders

After meeting Larry in church, Rosa thought was marrying a man with good moral values. But soon after their marriage, Rosa discovered that Larry had misrepresented himself to her and was actually leading a double life.

Rosa Hobbs vs Larry Lewis

Carlos officially got divorced. Luz ended up getting legal custody of Carlos’ biological granddaughter while Carlos and LaShawnda, the babysitter he had an affair with, took off for Puerto Rico.

Luz Ortiz vs Carlos Ortiz

Natalie is annoyed that her husband, Isaac, never makes any sense when he talks. She says that Isaac isn’t romantic at all and never listens to her; evidenced by the iPAD he gave her for Valentine’s Day, despite the fact that she hates electronics!

Natalie Bailey vs Isaac Barnett

Shaniqua and Angelo are high school sweethearts who have been together for four years. They got engaged in November of 2011 and have a seven month old child together.

Shaniqua Montgomery vs Angelo Sanders

Leah says moving into a van with her fiancé has nearly destroyed their relationship. The lack of space, Neil's porn addiction, his gambling problem, and her natural distrust over his lifestyle are making Leah think twice about their relationship.

Leah Bragg vs Neil Ross

Tatiana and Parrish have been married for three years and have two children together. Tatiana has always known her husband to be a big flirt and now suspects that he’s cheating on her.

Tatiana Lindsey vs Parrish Smith

Danny wants a divorce, but his wife, Samarah, wants to save their marriage. Danny says he is the head of household and should be treated that way.

Danny Worley vs Samarah Hopkins

Ebony says she has been married to Cortez for eleven years but never felt like she got enough love, support, or respect from him. After years of having to deal with woman after woman interfering with their marriage, Ebony says she is finally done!

Ebony Watson vs Cortez Watson

Roshawn and Rickey have lived together for seven years and have two children together. They both have issues trusting one other. Rickey says he loves Roshawn, but is fed up with her attitude.

Roshawn Worthen vs Rickey Gooden

After seven years of marriage, Raymond wants a divorce from his wife, Jeanita. He says Jeanita’s actions have hurt him deeply and he cannot forgive her.

Raymond Miller vs Jeanita Miller

Latarra says she wants a divorce from Kennan. She says Kennan is a cheater and liar. Kennan says he wants a divorce too! He doesn’t trust Latarra and resents her for allowing another man to move into THEIR house with THEIR two kids!

LaTarra Johnson vs Kennan Johnson

Sonyitta says she is done with her husband, Don, and wants him to move out. The last straw came when she found out that Dan had a child with another woman!

Sonyitta Prim vs Don Avery

Before The Vows – Rickie and Timmy have been together for eight years and want to move forward in their relationship. The problem: Rickie doesn’t trust Timmy because of his past and believes he cheated on him.

Timothy Channell vs Richard Allen

Kita claims her husband, Mario, is an out-of –control alcoholic. She says she is the main breadwinner in the family and is angry that Mario caused her to lose her job. Kita says alcohol has completely changed Mario, who no longer makes any time for their kids.

Kita "Key-A" Banner vs Mario Hunter

Michelle and John met online and four months later, John bought Michelle a one-way ticket to meet him in Alaska! However, it looks like the fun is over and Michelle is ready to buy a one-way ticket back home.

Michele Dapuzzo-Lee vs John Ford

Joyce wants a divorce from Ray after two years of marriage because he is extremely disrespectful and controlling and wants everything done HIS way. Joyce, whose 17 years younger than Jack, believes it’s her age that’s made Jack so insecure.

Joyce Ray vs Jack Ray

Charlotte says she wants to divorce Nathaniel because he is a compulsive liar, cheater, control freak, and thief - just to name a few.

Charlotte Robinson vs Nathaniel Smith

After 12 years of marriage, college sweethearts, Quentin and Wendy, want to call it quits. They separated a month ago because Quentin couldn't take Wendy’s cheating and her new desire to do sexy modeling.

Quentin Holbrooks vs Wendy Holbrooks

Eric told his wife, Janice that he was merely going to the store; the only problem being – he never returned. Janice believes he left her for another woman.

Janice Hill vs Eric Hill

Jessica says she’s been to hell and back for Patrick and he hasn’t done anything to show his appreciation. Patrick says he is convinced Jessica has been cheating on him since the beginning of their relationship.

Jessica Taylor vs Patrick Taylor

Brandon and Kirsten are high school sweethearts and have been married for seven years. But Brandon now wants to leave the marriage before anything else gets out of hand…like his anger.

Brandon Reich vs Kirsten Reich

Elise and Floyd are ready to turn to Judge Lynn to see whether or not their marriage can be salvaged. Elise says she is sick and tired of her husband’s dominating and controlling nature.

Elise Williams vs Floyd Hobson

Steven and Priscilla have a love-hate relationship. On Steve’s end, he’s not sure whether he still loves Priscilla, or has merely grown accustomed to being with her.

Steve Turner vs Priscilla Moorer

Candace, who claims to be her family’s sole provider for the last 17 years, says she is finally done! Out of the last 17 years, she insists that her husband, Terrence, has only worked for three of those years.

Candace Foster vs Terrance Foster

Chianta and Rashamond have been married for two years since meeting four years ago. Chianta says Rashamond is living a double life online and is always trying to pick up other woman.

Chianta Williams vs Rashamond Rollins

Gabrielle says she wants a divorce because her husband Joseph is addicted to pain killers. She says that after Joseph got into a car accident in 2001 and was given prescription pills for pain, he never stopped using them.

Gabrielle Costello vs Joseph Costello

After 23 years of marriage, Alicia and Derrick are at odds in their relationship – Alicia wants out, but Derrick still wants to save their marriage.

Alicia Burney vs Derrick Davis

Shortly after getting married in 1992, James and Penny discovered that they are actually half brother and sister! However, their marriage ended in 2000 due to irreconcilable differences. [Part 1 of 2]

Penny Seaton vs James Seaton, Part 1

The DNA test is in for James and Penny! Is it true love or just brotherly-sisterly love? Could the two in fact be related to one another? And will this affect their marriage down the line? [Part 2 of 2]

Penny Seaton vs James Seaton, Part 2

Anisha and Eric have been together since they were 14 years old. After being together for five years and having two kids, Anisha is ready to get married. However, Eric has a big secret to tell Anisha that could change those plans.

Anisha Nalls vs Eric Jones

Pat says she wants a divorce from Marlon because he is a jealous and an overweight cheater. She says she's finally had enough of Marlon's continuous disrespect and is ready to call it quits.

Pat Barnett vs Marlon Jenkins

Angela is deeply in love with her fiancé Pernell and wants to marry him, but says she still holds unresolved trust issues with Pernell and often feels neglected by him.

Angela Abeyta vs Pernell Garrison

Patricia and Thomas have known each other for over ten years and been married for one year. Both have struggled with heavy drug addictions before Patricia decided to turn her life around due to the birth of their son.

Patricia Berry vs Thomas Berry

Blake is considering a divorce from his wife, Christina. Christina, on the other hand, still wants to save the marriage.

Christina Cummins vs Blake Bailey

John and Cassandra have been married for four years but have been separated for the last year and a half. John says he was always there for Cassandra – showering her with gifts and affection - but never got the same in return.

Cassandra Walker vs John Allen

Mae says she is done with Anthony and their marriage. She says Anthony never has money and is lazy. She says she had to pawn her wedding band to pay the light bill.

Mae Haynes vs Anthony Haynes

Rani says she met Tony at a gas station they both frequented and says things were fine until she started working as a "pole dancer” part-time. Rani says Tony is jealous, a bad provider and says she doesn't approve of his friendships with his exes.

Anthony Hawthorne vs Rani Wesley

Ebony and Michael have been married for the past four years and share a six year old son. Ebony says she is fed up with Michael’s tantrums. She says he refuses to get a job and plays sick when he does find a work.

Ebony Young vs Michael Young

Raheem and Lauren have been dating for four years. Laurens would like to marry Raheem but wants him to improve his job and financial situation.

Lauren Piselli vs Raheem Goodlett

Tiffanie is not sure if she should marry Darwin because she suspects that he’s cheating on her with one of his ex-girlfriends.

Tiffanie Sullivan vs Darwin Orellana

Linda says after eighteen years of being married to Edwin she's ready to part ways. Linda says Edwin is boring, has a drinking problem, is cheap and complains constantly.

Linda Hines vs Edwin King

Tijuana says she's had it with her husband's childishness, domineering personality and wandering eye. She says she is underappreciated and doesn't get enough from Reggie to want to make things work!

Tijuana McKnight-Porter vs Reginald Thomas

Lavonya is fed up with her husband who calls himself a preacher. She says he's nothing but a wannabe rap artist.

Lavonya Dunn vs Alex Johnson

Marquita wants to end her 10-year relationship with Stephen because she feels he is just never going to change his cheating and lying ways.

Marquita Cox vs Stephen McCauley

After having chemicals thrown into his face by a neighbor for defending his wife, Chris is now BLIND. Chris says he is tired of defending Latoya for her cheating ways.

Chris Sharpnack vs Latoya Sharpnack

Stephanie says she is tired of Anthony hitting on her friends and co-workers and always relying on her to be the main bread winner in the relationship. She says Anthony has never held down a full-time job since they’ve been together.

Stephanie McClendon vs Anthony McClendon

After six years of marriage, Tanesha and Kenneth want to divorce. Kenneth says that Tanesha has been neglecting her duties as a wife and parent ever since her father became ill.

Kenneth Cunningham vs Tanesha Cunningham

Yolanda and Javier met over the internet and have been married for six years. However, Yolanda is now ready to call it quits! She says Javier’s drug addiction is wrecking their relationship and causing her not to trust him.

Yolanda Peniza vs Javier Peniza

Kimberly says she wants a divorce from Charles because he is always making everything else a priority over their family. She says all Charles cares about is being a rapper and he refuses to hold down a real job.

Kimberly Watson vs Charles Adams

After 9 years with her man, Charmin says she is done with Willie. She says Willie doesn’t contribute to the bills at all. To top it all off, Charmin claims Willie has been cheating on her for the length of their relationship.

Lagwenda "Charmin" Hedrick vs Willie Allen, Jr.

Xavier and Kiara have dated since high school. They both love each other dearly and want to get married so that they can provide a home for their 5 month old daughter.

Kiara Murphy vs Xavier Jernigan

Robert says Lisa has a bad temper, is OCD, doesn't approve of his friends and doesn't agree with the way he disciplines their kids. Lisa is tired of living from check to check as she watches Robert pointlessly keep chasing ‘get rich’ schemes.

Lisa Bonee vs Robert Bonee

Lee says he was a humorous and happy guy when he met his wife, Carmen, at a nightclub nine years ago. However, after four years of marriage and four children, Lee says that the couple’s relationship has grown stagnant.

Phillip "Lee" Avent vs Carmen Avent

After 27 years, Patricia and Anton are at a crossroads in their relationship. Patricia feels that Anton’s gambling has gotten out of control and the lack of money in their relationship has caused a strain on them.

Patricia Moses vs Anton Nicks

Lesley and Michael have been married for 18 years. During that time, Lesley fell victim to a rape assault. Michael says Lesley’s rape pushed him into a tailspin of crack-use that opened the door to Lesley’s own crack addiction, which she solely blames on him.

Lesley Carter vs Michael Carter

Christopher and Teairirra have been married for four years and have three children together. Teairirra suspects her husband has been cheating on her online. On top of that, Tearirra says that Christopher is lazy and refuses to take care of their children - from changing their diapers to feeding them.

Christopher Scott vs Teairirra Scott

Paula is ready to divorce her husband Solomon because she says he is a lying, cheating, manipulator. She says that Solomon has turned her whole family against her, even making her own kids believe that she abandoned them for another man.

Paula Esquivel vs Solomon Esquivel

Christine and James have been married for a year and are ready to call it quits. Christine says that her husband’s lack of motivation has put a major strain on their marriage.

Christine Ponce vs James Hernandez

Chesta says if her husband of only two months, Jimmy, doesn’t change his ways, then she wants a divorce! She says Jimmy doesn’t give her any affection, calls her awful names, and is extremely jealous of her friends and family.

Chesta Morris vs James Morris

Lamica still wants to save her marriage with Anthony, even after he has already repeatedly cheated on her with several women (including a family member of hers), while also fathering another baby while they were together.

Lamica Banner vs Anthony Burgin

Ashlie feels that she got married prematurely and simply can’t trust her husband, Raymond, who can’t seem to keep a job. Despite feeling unloved and misunderstood, Raymond is still in love with Ashlie and still wants to save their marriage.

Ashlie Bailey vs Raymond Bailey

Bernard is not shy about how successful he has become and how proud he is for having found a woman half his age to compliment him.

Bernard Dingess vs Ivory Cunningham

Jeremy is ready to divorce his wife of 6 years because he feels she is incapable of being faithful. He says Nicole has cheated on him numerous times, and once he even caught her in bed with another man.

Jeremy Erle vs Jasmine Erle

Rashah and Francesca got married on Valentine’s Day of 2012 and already Shawn is ready to call it quits. Outside of the couple’s ongoing financial issues, Shawn claims he also has concerns of infidelity and feels Francesca is constantly lying to him.

Rashah Alkim vs Francesca Woodson

Tara and Greg met 10 years ago in a grocery store and thought it was love at first sight. Unfortunately, after one child and an increasingly tumultuous relationship, they have grown apart.

Tara Smith vs Greg Mills

Kimberly says James is too controlling and spends too much time in his man-cave, cyber-cheating and wasting his time.

Kimberly Sanchez vs James Gibson

Tamara says her husband Don is addicted to designer clothing. She says they’ve had to borrow thousands of dollars from her mother to pay bills.

Tamara Wiseman vs Don Clarke

Felicia wants to divorce her no good cheating husband Corey. She feels that Cory tricked her into marriage and has cheated on her ever since. At first, he wined and dined her but then the money stopped flowing.

Felicia Grant vs Cory Lee

Melissa and Charles have hit a rough patch in their marriage and want Judge Lynn to offer them some advice on how to save their relationship. Melissa says Charles is a workaholic and doesn't know how to show affection.

Melissa Wilson vs Charles Sykes

Nikki is devastated by her cheating husband and wants a divorce. She says Chauncey has gone to the Dominican Republic more than once on “vacation” when he was supposed to be on “business trips” and met a woman with whom he had an affair.

Nicole Howard vs Chauncey Shearin

Angela says Quintin refuses to get a job, is insecure and has no communication skills. She says she's tired of escorting while he reaps the monetary benefits. Quinton says Angela is a cheater, puts her family before him and she takes too long with her clients.

Quentin Thompson vs Angela Nunnally

Cara and Fernando met 4 years ago in Chicago after Cara stole Fernando away from one of her friends. After moving across the country together to start a new life in Los Angeles, they’ve been trying to make it work ever since, but things have gotten worse since and both now want out

Cara Hennessy vs Fernando Rodriguez

Latrice says her fiancé, Julian, is a sneaky cheat who can't hold down a job and is addicted to porn! Julian, on the other hand, says Latrice is more of a spy/prison warden than a loving fiancé.

Latrice Manns vs Julian Payne

Shaunda and Santos have been married since November 2011 and are expecting their first child. Shaunda, however, wants out of the relationship, while Santos still wants to save the marriage.

Shaunda Smith vs Santos Garcia

Tracy and Eric have been married for 10 years and though they don’t have any children together, Eric asserts that he has helped raise Tracy’s children.

Tracy Danzie vs Eric Danzie

Hope and Tracey have been married for 5 years and have a combined 10 children between them. Sadly, Hope lost two of her children (one from drowning and the other from a rejected heart transplant) and hasn’t been the same since, claiming that her husband hasn’t been there for her.

Hope Bounty vs Tracey Bounty

Karl and Diane have been friends since their teen years. They lost track of each other and recently rekindled their relationship 8 years ago.

Diane Tarelton vs Karl Martin

Adriana says when she and Jael first got married it was exciting. She says 2 years in and a newborn Jael has turned into an old man and she no longer enjoys being married.

Adriana Cabral vs Jael Estrada

Rhonda and Mark have been exclusively dating for the past 3 years but they have a few issues that are keeping them from taking the relationship to the next step.

Rhonda Dunwood vs Mark Ridley

Martina seeking a divorce from her husband Diameron. They have three kids. She claims Diameron’s porn addiction and sex addiction are out of control. He’s had 30 affairs!

Martina Robinson vs Diameron Hutchinson

Tiffany says she met Mohamed at a bar he owned when he was married and she was living in another state. They married soon after he divorced his wife.

Tiffany Mickel vs Mohamed Hamood

Dana and Darryl met on the internet on a millionaires dating site. However, neither one is a millionaire. Ten months later Dana and Darryl were married in Hawaii.

Dana Harris vs Darryl Carter

Dana and Darryl continue to explain their hurt brought on by each other to Judge Lynn. Dana feels Darryl chose his family over her and gave up on their marriage.

The venerable courtroom show takes a look at real-life divorcing couples. The soon-to-be exes tell their stories to the judge, who gives the ruling and settles all the usual -- and unusual -- divorce issues by the end of the episode.

This third incarnation of the show premiered on August 30, 1999, with the first having premiered in 1957. This current incarnation has seen different presiding judges: former Los Angeles prosecuting attorney Mablean Ephriam (1999–2006), former municipal court judge Lynn Toler (2006–2020), former NYC prosecutor Faith Jenkins (2020–2022), and former Brooklyn A.D.A. Star Jones (2022- ).

Since the debut of the original series in 1957, it is one of the longest-running syndicated television programs of all time. Divorce Court also holds the record for the longest-running court show of all time, leading the second-place show The People's Court by two years.

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Season 1

Spread the Germs

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/1999