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James Brown's 5-year-old son left out of will

(AP)
Updated: 2007-01-12 14:59

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The 5-year-old child of James Brown and his partner,
Tomi Rae Hynie, is not included in the will read Thursday to six of the
entertainer's children, attorneys for the late singer say.

While the will provides for six children, Hynie's son, James Jr., is not
one of those listed in the document, attorney Strom Thurmond Jr. told The
Associated Press.

The will was read Thursday in Aiken but has not been filed in probate
court, said Buddy Dallas, another Brown attorney.

Brown died Christmas morning at age 73.

The gates to his home were locked soon after his death, Dallas said,
until attorneys could get the estate's legal affairs in order.

The house is owned by the trust and "has been that way since August of
2000," Dallas said. "Technically, the trustees own it for the benefit of
the trust. It was not in the name of James Brown and hasn't been that way
for years."

Hynie's attorney, Thornton Morris, said he doesn't know anything about
the will.

"She was locked out of the house so she doesn't know where the will
that's being probated was found," Morris said of his client. "She has no
knowledge to when this particular will was executed."

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