Bobby Brown Appears In Massachusetts For Child Support Hearing

CANTON, Mass. (AP) – Singer Bobby Brown has made good on his promise to put money into an educational fund for his children and to pay them child support. Brown, during a voluntary appearance in Norfolk Probate and Family Court on Wednesday, told Judge Paula Carey he’s up to date with his $5,000 monthly child support payments and with his contributions to their educational fund. Carey admonished Brown during his 15-minute court appearance, calling his earlier excuses “unacceptable.” Carey had issued a warrant for Brown’s arrest in June after he failed to appear for a compliance hearing. He said a stomach virus prevented him from attending that hearing. Brown lives in Alpharetta, Ga., with his wife, singer Whitney Houston. He has two children with Kim Ward of Stoughton. He’s currently starring with Houston in a cable television show called “Being Bobby Brown.” Brown, a Boston native, was sentenced to 90 days in prison in June 2004 for missing three months’ worth of child support payments. That sentence was immediately suspended after Brown made back payments totaling about $15,000. Brown was jailed for a day in March of that year after he failed to pay $63,000 he owed Ward. He was released after making the payment.