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Apr 9, 2022 · On their marriage certificate, Tomi Rae Hynie had put that her marriage to James Brown was her first marriage. In January 2004, Brown filed to annul his marriage to Hynie (via People). Despite this, the couple still dated on and off for the rest of the soul singer's life.
Jun 18, 2020 · Weighing in on a 14-year-old legal saga yet again, the court ruled unanimously Wednesday that Tomi Rae Hynie, a former partner of Brown's who claimed to be his wife, failed to annul a...
Jul 24, 2021 · One of the central figures in the proceedings was Brown's former partner Tomi Rae Hynie, who has claimed to be his fourth and last wife. Hynie, who is the mother of one of Brown's children,...
The performer’s death touched off years of bizarre headlines, beginning with Tomi Rae Hynie — a former partner who claimed to be Brown’s wife — being locked out of his 60-acre (24-hectare) estate while photographers captured her sobbing and shaking its iron gates, begging to be let in.
In an unanimous ruling on Wednesday, the state’s justices wrote that Tomi Rae Hynie, a former partner of Brown’s who claimed to be his wife, failed to annul a previous marriage, and therefore did not have a right to his multimillion-dollar estate.
Jan 26, 2015 · 1:24. Tomi Rae Hynie Brown was the legally surviving spouse of soul singer James Brown at the time of his death because her earlier marriage to a bigamist was ruled invalid, a South Carolina judge has ruled. Read the motion (pdf) Brown's relatives and others have bickered for years about the marital status of Hynie Brown and the musician's estate.
Jun 18, 2020 · Now the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that Tomi Rae Hynie, a former partner of Brown’s who claimed to be his wife, was not legally married to the singer due to her...
