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LISTEN TO THE JUDGE'S REASONING,
THIS IS IN HER OWN WORDS.
>> THE WORD MESSIAH IS A TITLE
AND IT'S A TITLE THAT HAS ONLY
BEEN EARNED BY ONE PERSON AND
THAT ONE PERSON IS JESUS CHRIST.
>> OKAY, NOW, THAT IS A SITTING
JUDGE WHOSE JOB IS TO APPLY LAW
TO FACT.
JOINING ME NOW IS THE LITTLE
BOY'S MOTHER, JALISSA MARTIN.
MIGHT I SAY, YOU HAVE A GORGEOUS
BABY BOY SITTING ON YOUR LAP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AND LOOK HOW GOOD HE'S BEING.
BOY, OH, BOY, HE SHOULD HAVE
GOTTEN AN AWARD.
STARING RIGHT AT THE CAMERA.
THIS IS GREAT.
SO, LET'S BEGIN AT THE
BEGINNING.
HOW DID YOU WIND UP IN COURT?
HOW DID THIS END UP AT THIS
POINT?
>> I ACTUALLY WENT TO COURT FOR
CHILD SUPPORT.
ME AND THE FATHER COULDN'T AGREE
ON MESSIAH'S LAST NAME.
>> YOU WERE BATTLING OVER THE
SIR NAME BECAUSE YOU HAVE
DIFFERENT NAMES, OBVIOUSLY.
>> AND THE JUDGE DECIDED -- SO,
THE JUDGE IS TRYING TO HELP YOU
THROUGH THIS AND HOW DID THE
NAME BECOME THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF
THE SUPPORT PAYMENTS?
>> SHE JUST PLAINLY CAME OUT AND
SAID, I'M GOING TO CHANGE HIS
FIRST NAME BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
LIKE IT.
>> YOU'RE THERE FOR SUPPORT
MONEY FIGHTING OVER MONEY WITH
THE BABY'S FATHER.
THE NAME WAS KIND OF EXTRA,
WHETHER OR NOT YOU NAME THE KID
ON TIME.
NO SET PERIOD FOR WHEN YOU HAVE
TO DO IT.
THEN THIS COMES OUT.
THE JUDGE SAID, BY THE WAY, I
DON'T LIKE THE NAME?
>> I WAS SHOCKED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> SO, SHE SENDS YOU AWAY WITH A
FATHER TO COME UP WITH A
DIFFERENT NAME.
YOU CAN'T.
YOU THEN COME BACK AND THEN
UNKNOWN PART OF THIS STORY, YOU
DIDN'T PICK MARTIN, THE FATHER
DIDN'T PICK MARTIN, THE JUDGE
PICKED MARTIN.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
>> SHE GAVE US A RECESS AND TOLD
US SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE US AN
HOUR TO PICK ANOTHER NAME FOR
MESSIAH AND IF WE DIDN'T, SHE
WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM THE NAME
THAT SHE WANTED HIM TO HAVE,
WHICH WAS MARTIN.
>> SHE NAMED THE KID MARTIN
DESHAWN McCALLA.
BEING THE FATHER'S LAST NAME.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THIS
AND WHAT WAS THE FATHER'S
REACTION WHEN THE JUDGE
DETERMINED THE NAME?
>> SHE WOULDN'T LET US SAY WHAT
WE WANTED TO SAY.
THERE WAS NOTHING WE CAN DO AT
THAT POINT.
>> WAS THERE SOMETHING OFF ABOUT
THE JUDGE SAYING YOU
KNOW THE JUDGE COULDN'T LET YOU
DO THIS.
>> I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME UP
TO ME DURING THE RECESS AND T N?
>> SIAH OR MESSIAH.
EITHER ONE.
>> ASSUMING YOU WIN, WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO SAY TO THE JUDGE?
>> I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAVE YOUR
OWN BELIEFS, BUT YOU HAVE NO
RIGHT TO CHANGE MY CHILD'S NAME.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
STORY.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME STORY
TO TELL HIM WHEN HE GETS OLDER.
>> YES, I AM.
>> BOY, OH, BOY.
PICK HIM UP.
I WANT TO SEE THE LEGS ON THAT
KID.