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[From Celebrity Justice]

Brown Again Delinquent in Support Payments

June 15, 2004

Bobby Brown has fallen behind, yet again, on making his child support payments to Kim Ward, and Tuesday it resulted in angry words from a Massachusetts judge, who told the troubled singer, "What I'm not understanding is why you're not getting the message."

Brown and Ward had two children back in the '90's, before Brown married Whitney Houston. Back in March, the judge threw Bobby in jail for not making $63,000 in back payments.

Despite his jail stint, Brown managed to miss the payments since his last court date, paying up just one day before Tuesday's hearing. "Your children need to eat," the judge warned Brown. "They can't be relying on getting a payment every three months."

The judge threatened to throw Brown back in jail if he doesn't make timely payments, but it appears that Bobby and Kim have agreed to work things out on their own. After the hearing, the two were seen sitting together and seemingly exchanging some pleasant words.

Brown and Ward told the judge they've hammered out a plan for Brown to keep the payments up to date, and he says it's very important. "My kids have to live right," he told us. "I am their father, no matter what."

Brown's wife, Whitney, wasn't at the hearing. The two have been working on a reality show, which Brown says should wrap up taping this week. Houston recently left detox, and the two have been in marriage counseling ever since.

For now, Brown is making a very public promise about his children: "Those are my kids, and I plan to take care of them no matter what."

And the judge wants to make sure of that, ordering Brown to prove each month that he has paid. And if he doesn't do that, he could go back to jail.

NEWSFILE: 15 JUNE 2004