All Episodes Talk: All Rise

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

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 And while I understand from a parent's point of view that you can't make excuses for your child on account of other kids doing the same thing, it is kind of unfair to single kids out when most of the class is acting up.

27Bored, I love your posts but I totally disagree with this. . . My kids grew up with the knowledge that they were responsible for their own behavior at all times no matter what other kids were doing. I remember my younger and about 10 of her little friends leaving a huge food mess (trash and food all over the place)in the gym once and they all got yelled at. I could not get that girl to go apologize to the gym owner in person so I made her draw a picture and write "I'm sorry" on the bottom (she was maybe six at the time) and take it in and give it to the gym owner (and the guy that had to clean up the mess) He told her thank you and that she was the only kid that apologized. Taught her a good lesson - fess up to your screw ups and move on. And mostly that she was going to get in trouble if she didn't take PERSONAL responsibility. 

Was anybody else creeped out by the guy who rented the car because he supposedly had cancer. . but then didn't. . but had something else. . . But I was more creeped by passive aggressive step grandpa who sued his grandson and didn't care if the kid was living under a bridge?  I get he wanted his money and all that but damn for $1500??  Ice cold. 

[One Tough Cookie]

On ‎4‎/‎30‎/‎2016 at 5:44 PM, Giant Misfit said:

How did the Pinched Brat get an 89 in English when all she could say was, "I seen this..." "I seen that"? The bar must be pretty low at that charter school.

You would WEEP if you spent a week in a classroom.  I tried one afternoon to explain the construction of a5 paragraph essay and was met with the blankest, uninterested, hostile reception. My major mistake was thinking these kids WANTED to learn how to express themselves in manner that didn't include the words Fuck, shit and I don't hafta if Idon't wanna.

[ElleMo]

On 4/30/2016 at 7:41 PM, BellaLugosi said:

When listening to the stories, I figured that the girl thought she saw him signal her to go, but was mistaken. It seemed like that idea never crossed her parent's or her uncle's minds. Who goes right to "he signaled her to cross then hit her on purpose"?  

Neosporin for a bruise LOL! I wouldn't be surprised if those two jokers pinched themselves.

I was thinking the same thing.  Maybe he was bopping his head to some music in the car or nodding yes to a question his wife asked. 

But I think the most likely scenario is she just darted out into the street and made up the story because she didn;t want to get into trouble with her parents.  Or, the parents told her to lie.

[AngelaHunter]

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 I tried one afternoon to explain the construction of a5 paragraph essay and was met with the blankest, uninterested, hostile reception. My major mistake was thinking these kids WANTED to learn how to express themselves in manner that didn't include the words Fuck, shit and I don't hafta if Idon't wanna.

The ability to write in simple declarative sentences is no longer needed. Texts, Instagrams, FB, Snapchats or whatever the hell they use has made the concept and the desire to be able to express yourself in written English obsolete. I read a book review recently, and the reviewer put a "lol" in there. There is no hope.

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Taught her a good lesson - fess up to your screw ups and move on. And mostly that she was going to get in trouble if she didn't take PERSONAL responsibility

Good for you for teaching her this early. I can't remember ever seeing a JJ defendant, no matter what age, own up to their responsibilities. They either lie and say "I didn't do it," or "I did it, but it was someone else's fault." It was the mailbox's fault! The dog is to blame! I crashed the car but it was the cop's fault for chasing me! I drove drunk, but it was his/her fault for letting me!

[OhioSongbird]

Just caught the one with the sister who moved out of her sister's house for "lack of disrespect" (you can't make this shit up).  Her name was 'Kissaundra'.  I will never understand why parents saddle their kids with names they have to spell everytime to someone.

[Brattinella]

Oh, man, this schmuck on Judge Judy that was pissed his attorney didn't make all his felonies disappear.  What a MAROON!  She   (the attorney) went way above and beyond for her client, but he just couldn't accept that he now has THREE felonies (that he ADMITTED to) "But we agreed, there would be no felonies, etc..."

Hey, doofus! How about NOT COMMITTING any felonies, eh??

[BubblingKettle]

37 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

Oh, man, this schmuck on Judge Judy that was pissed his attorney didn't make all his felonies disappear.  What a MAROON!  She   (the attorney) went way above and beyond for her client, but he just couldn't accept that he now has THREE felonies (that he ADMITTED to) "But we agreed, there would be no felonies, etc..."

Hey, doofus! How about NOT COMMITTING any felonies, eh??

But did you catch the look on his face? He was not ashamed nor afraid. When JJ told him that he would be going back to jail in the future, he seemed to perk up at the idea. And I have to say that the story of the attorney's skills surprised me. My first impression of her as a dud was proven wrong. 

That was the only case I watched today because of work calls. I did take a glance at the television during the case with a plaintiff named Dolly in a quilted jacket vest and a scrawny-looking defendant. Dolly was a deadringer for a clip art chipmunk.

[Rick Kitchen]

Kissaundra's sister's boyfriend was a real prize, too.  With the scraggly beard and the tiny little pony tail on top of his head.  it wasn't even a man bun.

[AngelaHunter]

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Just caught the one with the sister who moved out of her sister's house for "lack of disrespect" (you can't make this shit up).  Her name was 'Kissaundra'. 

A freak show today, again. A little desire to play matchmaker came over me and I was thinking that Kissaundra (she who demands disrespect) and Kenneth Hay would make a suitable couple.  Ken("Me and her went", "I seen")Hay, who speaks gobbledegook, is one smooth operator. He has two seemingly intelligent and not unattractive women who see something irresistable about him, in spite of the fact that his too-small suit seemed to be lined with oddly-placed lumps and bumps. Smoothness aside, all that led me to think that we truly have reached a final male shortage of critical level.

What was I saying before, about JJ litigants being unable to take responsibility for anything they do? Got it again, in the form of "Narkyssa", a young lady who gets pissed drunk, goes to her man's house and smashes the windows on four cars in a fit of pique. She also stood screeching for the "female" in the apartment to come out and "talk" (translation: "Fight like wild beasts") before her rampage. She did all that, all by herself, but in no way was it her fault. It's HIS fault.  Let him pay for the damage.

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

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That was the only case I watched today because of work calls. I did take a glance at the television during the case with a plaintiff named Dolly in a quilted jacket vest and a scrawny-looking defendant. Dolly was a deadringer for a clip art chipmunk.

Hello Dolly and your "notarized statements". She should have gone on PC cos JJ does not accept statements - duh. She seems so surprised that she couldn't pull her "cute chipmunk" (lmao) routine on JJ. 

I was enjoying the weird guy with the paralegal girlfriend trying to explain away how he lent a car to Skinny Blonde Friend, got stuck for all the tolls and a car rental too. He's just one of those giving guys, y'all. **wipes single tear away

[EtheltoTillie]

First rule of criminal defense:  get your full retainer up front.  She was an experienced attorney, and I'm surprised she agreed to those time payments. I'm glad she could collect, though, through the JJ system. 

 

What was up with the car lending case and the weirdo boyfriend who lent his jointly owned car without the girlfriend's permission?  He was a real tool and goofy looking too.  That's all I've got. 

[Brattinella]

The weirdo who loaned his jointly-owned car to the far prettier blonde and then was stuck with toll charges and rental car (!) supposedly had an "understanding" with his larger and not so pretty fiancee.  Such a smarmy git.

[LAgator77]

You guys, I had no idea white trash hipster was a thing until today. And what is a "gun membership" exactly? I suppose they meant gun *club* membership, but what gun club would have that freak?

[AngelaHunter]

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I had no idea white trash hipster was a thing until today

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what gun club would have that freak?

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Such a smarmy git.

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Dolly was a deadringer for a clip art chipmunk.

One thing I can say with certainty: I am never going to appear on Judge Judy. You bitches would rip me apart.

[Jade Foxx]

21 minutes ago, LAgator77 said:

You guys, I had no idea white trash hipster was a thing until today

This made me guffaw.

[califred]

I just perused the descriptions for the rest of the week and I don't think our in house case is on this week.

 

I only paid attention during the lawyer case, glad she got her money.  He was a tool, he's probably back in jail by now.

[Milz]

19 hours ago, One More Time said:

You would WEEP if you spent a week in a classroom.  I tried one afternoon to explain the construction of a5 paragraph essay and was met with the blankest, uninterested, hostile reception. My major mistake was thinking these kids WANTED to learn how to express themselves in manner that didn't include the words Fuck, shit and I don't hafta if Idon't wanna.

I work in a doctor's office. I see the gamut of teens with 'tudes. I mean, all teens have 'tudes, but some of 'tudy-er than others. Hat's off to teachers, though, we only get them here for maybe 30 minutes tops once or twice a year and that's once or twice too much!

Car loaning boyfriend. He has to be as 'well-endowed' as Richard Matt for his girlfriend to put up with his crap.

Re: Man bun as white trash hipster-----oh my! To all the man buns or contemplating to be a man bun: don't do it. I get it, you're channeling your inner samurai anime alter ego, but  just don't.

[Brattinella]

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channeling your inner samurai anime alter ego,

*Laughing my ass off here*

[AngelaHunter]

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Car loaning boyfriend. He has to be as 'well-endowed' as Richard Matt for his girlfriend to put up with his crap.

Haha! Kenneth could sport the endowment of a Percheron and I still wouldn't. I wonder if endowments can be shifted around? If they could maybe he could find a way to gain a chin.

[Brattinella]

Oh My God.  PERCHERON.  We had a Percheron when I was little.  *dying*

[funky-rat]

21 hours ago, OhioSongbird said:

Just caught the one with the sister who moved out of her sister's house for "lack of disrespect" (you can't make this shit up).  Her name was 'Kissaundra'.  I will never understand why parents saddle their kids with names they have to spell everytime to someone.

Sometimes with the oddball names, I think it's because the parents can't spell the name.  I work with someone who has an oddly spelled version of a fairly standard name (that has a few variations in spelling, but only by a letter or two, and is easily recognizable no matter how you spell it).  Someone once asked her about the unusual spelling.  She responded that for her mother's entire pregnancy, she was told she was having a boy, so they chose a name.  She had a girl, and they didn't know what to do.  Someone said that the female version of that name is (insert name here), so they went with it, but they didn't know how to spell it, so they truncated the male version of the name, hence the odd spelling.  I've seen similar things with people I knew who didn't know how to spell their kids names so they guessed (Cherakey/Cherokee, Shyann/Cheyenne, etc).  And sometimes, people are just stupid.  As someone who has had to spell their name every day for many many years, I try to talk people out of it.  I asked someone why they chose a name (that I found just awful) for a child and I was told "Because I want them to be the only one".  They were sorely disappointed when I showed them that I knew someone else with almost the same name - just one letter off.  I did receive some good advice once, when I had the chance to meet Jim Belushi.  He told me that he constantly had to spell his last name until his brother became famous.  His advice was to get famous, and then I'd never have to spell my name again.

5 hours ago, Milz said:

Car loaning boyfriend. He has to be as 'well-endowed' as Richard Matt for his girlfriend to put up with his crap.

  I said the same thing, lol.

[teebax]

On May 2, 2016 at 10:28 AM, One More Time said:

You would WEEP if you spent a week in a classroom.  I tried one afternoon to explain the construction of a5 paragraph essay and was met with the blankest, uninterested, hostile reception. My major mistake was thinking these kids WANTED to learn how to express themselves in manner that didn't include the words Fuck, shit and I don't hafta if Idon't wanna.

I had a student ask me for help with a book report she had to do. She wasn't my student, but we've bonded, so she asked for my assistance. I asked her what she had to read, and she said, "The Gift of the Maggie."

Once I finally got myself to stop laughing and told her it was Magi, not Maggie, I asked her what she thought about when she read it, and she told me she hadn't read it. She was trying to write a book report on something she hadn't read. I told her to read it (it's only a few pages long, for crying out loud) and I'd help her once she'd read it. Our students work independently, so it's not like she was missing a deadline. To my knowledge, she still hasn't read it. 

It's not just the kids. I had a parent complain to me because we had the audacity to call him when his snowflake didn't come to school. He said since he already knows she isn't in school it makes no sense for us to call him. I tried explaining to him we call because often the parents don't know the kid ditched school, but he was too dense to understand me. 

We have kids who come just enough for their parent(s) or guardians to continue receiving welfare. They wasn't to know how many days in a row their student can miss before they get dropped. Their kids do no work when they're there, but they have to attend to qualify for aid. It is unfair to the many students we have who are there to learn. The system is completely broken.

[SandyToes]

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Oh, man, this schmuck on Judge Judy that was pissed his attorney didn't make all his felonies disappear.  What a MAROON!  She   (the attorney) went way above and beyond for her client, but he just couldn't accept that he now has THREE felonies (that he ADMITTED to) "But we agreed, there would be no felonies, etc..."

Hey, doofus! How about NOT COMMITTING any felonies, eh??

But did you catch the look on his face? He was not ashamed nor afraid. When JJ told him that he would be going back to jail in the future, he seemed to perk up at the idea. And I have to say that the story of the attorney's skills surprised me. My first impression of her as a dud was proven wrong. 

My favorite part of this bit was JJ reminding him that LAWYERS watch this show (or their minions) and he'll be lucky to ever find a lawyer again after this.  Hooray for free legal aid....  Remember when we used to have "shame?" /soapbox

Dolly cracked me up - so COMPLETELY flabbergasted (or gobsmacked for our Brit fans) to be ruled against!  We laughed and laughed.

[Trini]

Who DARES steal JJ's calculator??

[AngelaHunter]

Ooh, I thought I didn't have yesterday's new cases but just found them.

Dolly! That buck-toothed, chipmunk-cheeked little Muppet who lives with Grandpa is apparently what's considered a hot item in MN. Even the "tooken" def was too good for her. Not sure about the Jolly Red Giant.

The lawyer who went "above and beyond" for her client? Why? He's a piece of shit, a loser, a waste of oxygen, a blight on society and a total asshole who looks as though he melted down an old LP and stuck it on his empty head. I know everyone has a job to do, but I could never be a defender. Knowing I was the sole reason that POS is free to go commit more dumb crimes would preclude my sleeping at night.

[Brattinella]

Oh, dear.. such LOOZAHS and HUSTLAHS were on today; it is gonna take me a while to cover it all!

[SandyToes]

16 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

Oh, dear.. such LOOZAHS and HUSTLAHS were on today; it is gonna take me a while to cover it all!

Oh, goody!  Glad I set the dvr!!  

[designing1]

My plaintiff descriptor of the day, for the sister of the money-grubbing duo: "Says she had fun on furniture."

[Quof]

Judy was having no truck with brother and sister who wanted the monetary, ooops, sentimental value of the patio furniture.   HUSTLAHS.  Buddy would be rolling over in his grave.

[SRTouch]

Wow, old man had a will saying that long time girlfriend could stay in house after his death. Then when she died the house goes to his children. If I understood shrewish daughter and greedy son, because Dad didn't say his gf (doesn't seem quite right to call her his gf when she looks like a great grandma) got to keep the furnishings, they wanted to take everything from the home and leave her the building. In one breath the son is talking about his sentimental attachment to the lawn chairs, while sis is saying they wanted to hurry and pick up the patio furniture so they get sell it at the beginning of summer. Yeah right, glad JJ allowed the two to show their greed on tv before she dismissed case. 

Second case has JJ yelling "you're a hustler" again. Plaintiff sold defendant a car and signed title over. Defendant paid with a cashiers check, which was actually for more than the cost of the car, so plaintiff not only gave her the car, the title, but $900 in cash.... and the check is no good. JJ makes her make good on the check

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

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 I've seen similar things with people I knew who didn't know how to spell their kids names so they guessed (Cherakey/Cherokee, Shyann/Cheyenne, etc)

I've mentioned before that I work at a pediatric doctor's office. One of my duties is to fill out all the medical history stuff in the patient's electronic medical record from forms the parents fill out. I cannot tell you the sheer *f*ckery* that goes on with parents and kids' names. We ask for the parents to fill out the household roster and I will see an entire family of kids with (example) Mel (baby daddy name) for the prefix - like Mel-anna, Mel-ronica, Mel-veronica, Mel-rodneigh (cos Rodney is too common). Lots of X's (if I see another Jaxxson I might have to punch myself in the face). I've seen lots of car names (i.e. Lexxus which looks like a porn name). Wanna be different? Add another letter or ten or throw a "Le" or J' at the beginning. And lest you think I'm picking on one ethnicity, I'm not.

SandyToes, my neighbor is pissed because she got vouchers for her kids to attend Catholic school this year and how dare they say they are holding her kids back because they didn't attend enough days of school. I tried telling her that it's the State that says how many days the kids are required to attend but she wasn't having it (telling me her son was sick with pneumonia and fluid in his lungs while he was vacationing in Trinidad for three weeks - she never took him to a doctor and had him staying in a house filled with smokers - no doctor's note, perish the thought, how dare they).  She's quite the piece of work - she's always got some scam going. I imagine she's going to end up on JJ one day.

[Quof]

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doesn't seem quite right to call her his gf when she looks like a great grandma

And didn't she seem like a lovely old lady, the kind you would want to keep your father company in his golden years?  She could have been a complete hag, we'll never know, because she barely had to speak in order for the son and daughter to show their true colours.

[SandyToes]

So the amazing producers/editors were having fun today!  Buddy's children sue Joan.  And in the next case, Mr. Budde sues Joan. HA!  Can't make this stuff up.

Good job, show!  If the cases aren't interesting (or new) maybe we can start enjoying the production values, along with "spot the gallery member."

In the other episode, with the twice-paid-for-car, HUH?! Was there half a brain on the defendant's side of the courtroom? Even combined?   I'm willing to bet money that the nephew still thinks he owns the car! I hope Judy didn't see those idiots the same day she saw Buddy's children.  Talk about a day spent beating your head against a wall...

Edited May 4, 2016 by SandyToes

[adhoc]

Okay, I have to pipe up and say that my mom knows Joan Diamond. They are part of a weekly mah jongg group and have been for years. My mom says Joan is indeed a very nice lady, very on the ball, has a very active life. She and Buddy, both widowed, were very happy in the 5 years or so they were together. According to what I heard, the son saw his father rarely--I laughed when I heard him say "every other week". Ditto the daughter. Also, my understanding is that Buddy left a very hefty trust fund to the two children. But apparently that was not enough. Additionally, my understanding is that if anyone did any "stealing," it might have been the kids. My mom and other friends urged Joan to change the locks after Buddy passed away and some items in the house, including some of Joan's belongings, started going missing.  

And to answer the major question, yes, judging by things my mother reported Joan saying over the mah jongg table this past year, she felt harassed by those two children (remember, the son lives in St. Louis, where Joan lives). I got the impression they felt that everything in that house was Buddy's, and they were therefore entitled to it. (Whereas from what my mom says, Joan brought a lot of her own furniture with her when she moved in.) Those kids were not going to stop trying to sue her or take other action until they got everything they felt was owed to them--furnishings and all.  She had to leave--she could not take it anymore.

My question is this: They sued to recoup payment of taxes on the property. If you live in a house you do not own, under the condition that you can stay there until you pass away, and then the house can be sold by the inheritors, do *you* have to pay property taxes on the house?  Or is it expected that the estate will pay those taxes, enabling you to continue living in the house?

[AuntiePam]

The siblings fighting over their dead father's house made me want to head for the lawyer's office to finally make a will.  We're married, so who stays in the house isn't an issue, but between us we have six bio-kids and three step-kids, and a couple of them are greedy as hell (not mine, his -- mine are perfect angels).

I wanted to hear more of their case though.  Did they think that dad leaving her the house meant that they had a right to all the furnishings?  If dad was thoughtful enough to make that addendum to his will, I think he would have been thoughtful enough to leave instructions about items that had sentimental value.  If he didn't do that, then maybe it means that the kids had already been given family heirlooms, and what's left was either hers, or not worth fighting over.

[AngelaHunter]

OMG. Just saw the Denizens of Cooterville, where a 20 year old Lincoln is a prized and sought-after commodity. "Cator", who is probably the mayor of Cooterville (and jailbird) appeared to be losing brain cells and teeth even as we watched him. Lets guess what Cator got arrested for?

1. Operating a moonshine stee-ul?
2. Cooking meth?
3. Beating on the ex-girlfriend?
4. Stealing spinners?
5. Getting drunk and mooning little old ladies?
6. All of the above?

That contractor certainly was a picture-perfect HUSTLA. How anyone would hire him after seeing that face - the true face of a hustla - I don't know. I wish we had seen the picture of the 18K house though. JJ called it a "shed".

Wait... what? "Mel-rodneigh"? Da fuq?

Edited May 4, 2016 by AngelaHunter

[SRTouch]

47 minutes ago, AuntiePam said:

The siblings fighting over their dead father's house made me want to head for the lawyer's office to finally make a will.  We're married, so who stays in the house isn't an issue, but between us we have six bio-kids and three step-kids, and a couple of them are greedy as hell (not mine, his -- mine are perfect angels).

I wanted to hear more of their case though.  Did they think that dad leaving her the house meant that they had a right to all the furnishings?  If dad was thoughtful enough to make that addendum to his will, I think he would have been thoughtful enough to leave instructions about items that had sentimental value.  If he didn't do that, then maybe it means that the kids had already been given family heirlooms, and what's left was either hers, or not worth fighting over.

It certainly sounded like they felt entitled to take everything but the building itself. Heck, darling daughter felt wronged when she had to pay for the car even though title was in both Dad's and Joan's names. Guess these are people who cause people to say you should be very specific when making a will. 

[Rick Kitchen]

The father and the girlfriend had the same last name.  Did she take his name, or was it hers already?

 

Those siblings were POSs.

 

But the highlight of the day was the crazy lady who claimed that the guy who was suing her came to the hospital where she was staying and started yelling that she had stolen his children.  Er, um ...

[SRTouch]

34 minutes ago, Rick Kitchen said:

But the highlight of the day was the crazy lady who claimed that the guy who was suing her came to the hospital where she was staying and started yelling that she had stolen his children.  Er, um ...

Yeah, what the heck was that about? I backed it up and listened to it a couple times, and even turned on the captioning, and agree that's what she's saying... though I have no idea why.

[AngelaHunter]

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Those siblings were POSs.

Poor Buddy. The fruits of his loins are a shrieking harpy and a big ol' sissy boy. "The patio furniture was so sentimental to us and we wanted it right away to sell it for the summer season." Oops. This was a vivid illustration of why people should get married and not just play house.

I admit I'm always curious to see the people who believe, heart and soul, in email scams. That zonked-out hag was a perfect example of why those scams generate so much money for the scammers.

Edited May 4, 2016 by AngelaHunter

[Cynna]

2 hours ago, adhoc said:

My question is this: They sued to recoup payment of taxes on the property. If you live in a house you do not own, under the condition that you can stay there until you pass away, and then the house can be sold by the inheritors, do *you* have to pay property taxes on the house?  Or is it expected that the estate will pay those taxes, enabling you to continue living in the house?

A year after my Mom passed away, my father married a (since proven) gold digger - very different from your Mom's friend. Dad bought a new house and wrote up a will with a similar provision, that 'G' be able to stay there as long as she lived there. However, instead of any sort of 'rent', she would be responsible for paying the yearly taxes on the house as well as any other bills/repairs. Only after she moved away or passed away would the house become ours.

He discussed this with me and it made sense, and while it wasn't mentioned, of course all the furniture there would belong to the house and stay there. Difference though, is she wouldn't let him take a single thing from his 'family' home and only newly bought items were allowed to furnish this new home. Well, a month after they married she moved to the second bedroom and told him they were essentially good friends with some benefits. She resumed seeing a man on the side. 5 months later he filed for divorce, after she admitted she was just looking for financial security from him. Grrrrrr!

So, women like that do exist, even as a nice-seeming 70 year old woman (Dad was 76 at the time). She's gone, and he's now seeing a genuinely nice lady, but they don't want to complicate anything by moving in together or marrying, but they're always together.

Those children were horrible beasts and I feel for Joan. I'm so glad Judy saw the truth of it and showed everyone what pieces of $hit those kids are. I need a shower after watching that.

[AuntiePam]

Weren't they married -- the dad and the nice lady?  The siblings probably had to pay the taxes when they sold the house.  I've never quite gotten a handle on that, and I've bought and sold a few times.  For what tax period am I paying?  Hell if I know -- I just sign where the agent tells me to sign.

Joan seemed like a nice woman -- it's hard to fake that.  It's too bad that the kids couldn't appreciate that their dad had found someone to share his life with. 

[basiltherat]

Buddy should have married his ladylove, at least there would have been a little more protection.  Although, the lady's son is a lawyer ("for a big firm" say Buddy's spawn sneeringly) and he went to bat for her.

This week's Judge Judy was brought to you by the words 'TOOKEN' and 'HUSTLA'  If you can use both words in a sentence, such as "I got tooken by a hustla" you win a Golden Gavel.  Next, Byrd!

[AngelaHunter]

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Weren't they married -- the dad and the nice lady?

No, and that was just stupid. It's the only way to protect someone when you have avaricious brats waiting in the wings. I'd say they're like vultures picking the bones, but vultures perform a valuable service, unlike the harpy and the sissy.

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 It's too bad that the kids couldn't appreciate that their dad had found someone to share his life with. 

Seriously. When my mother found someone to be with her I was happy for her. When she passed away - without a will -  and my brother and I were at the notary, we were told we'd all split her estate equally. My brother and I refused a dime. Our stepfather took care of her during her illness and we wanted him to have everything. Even though it wasn't much it was his! The notary looked stunned and then pleased, saying he seldom saw a case where people weren't ready to kill each other over the last nickel or sentimental lawn furniture.  

[bad things are bad]

I'm willing to bet that almost every one of us has seen families fighting over trivial amounts of money and possessions, to the point where they disown each other. Personally, I know of at least 3 of our friends/co-workers who have gone through ugliness over a few thousand dollars. 

[Christina]

There were probably financial reason for them to not marry. I've actually seen it a lot in older couples. If she was receiving a pension or retirement of her deceased husband, many times those are only until you remarry. The same for Social Security. Receiving SS from your husband as opposed to your own tends to be more money for women. In general, not only do women make less, but we have more absences from the workforce for children and taking care of elderly parents, etc, things that in her lifetime would be considered the duty of a woman. 

I distinctly remember, as a teenager, farmers in our South Dakota community divorcing, so that the wives could collect under the husband's SS upon retirement. They would be married 30 years and stay together after, but be unable to make ends meet upon retirement, and unable to keep up with the demands of farming as they aged. Since then, the tax laws have changed to allow "unemployed" spouses to deposit a certain amount into retirement accounts and to allow a certain yearly payment into SS. 

I know one couple who didn't marry because he had serious medical debt from treatment for his cancer, and no assets. Upon his death, they could go after his spouse for the bills, but without being married to him, she couldn't be on the hook. 

I worked in a law firm and have seen several life estates. In all of them, the person with the life estate is responsible for taxes, insurance and general upkeep of the property. If she allowed it to become rundown, didn't pay the taxes, or didn't pay the insurance, the estate could take it back. I've never seen a mention of the furniture being included or not, that I recall, but if the will stated the furnishings were included, I think that these kids would have fought over what constituted furniture. They were horrid. 

[califred]

So the smaller Duggar family sued their daughter for a cat.  The parents were a piece of work.  The fact that a few of her siblings were with her made that even more evident.

[BubblingKettle]

First episode, first case - Defendant Ms. Burke couldn't pay her storage bill, so she borrowed $1500 from her co-worker Mr. Bartl. He let her store crap at his house (I guess that was in addition to the storage facility). Nearly a year later, she hadn't repaid, so he took her belongings and dumped them in the parking lot of her workplace. She claimed he made a pass at her and wanted punitive damages (obviously, JJ threw that out). Ms. Burke turned up the crazy in the hallterview. This was a boring case.

 

First episode, second case -- Mr. Soto borrowed a car from Ms. Burns. He fumbled for a cell phone and had a minor crash. Ms. Burns had a car note on the car, and she said that Mr. Soto was planning on buying the car but hadn't paid her anything. JJ repeated, "I. Don't. Buy It." They both had sob stories (all jokes aside, Ms. Burns shared her story in the hallterview, and it was a sad one....but she shouldn't have been compelled to do a favor for Mr. Soto). This was a boring case too.

(Tomorrow's first episode is about a dying dog. I'll be on another channel for that one.)

 

Second episode, first case - A color-coordinated family! Victoria and Richard Kingsbury sued their daughter, Melissa, for a cat they said she stole. The daughter said the cat has always been hers. She has a counterclaim -- Melissa was given a car for her 18th bday, and her parents had taken it back. Melissa got mad on her 18th bday and drove off. The parents went searching for her, found her car parked at her boyfriend's, and drove the car back home. Then, Dad canceled the insurance. Melissa said her parents knew her birthday plans and were just miffed because she wanted to spend time with her siblings (living elsewhere) and friends. Melissa's siblings (also wearing blue) were her witnesses.

These parents need to chill.... the girl attends school, looks clean, was well-spoken -- yet, the father mentioned that he told the neighbors/house-sitter to alert him if his children were seen on his property because he was forbidding them from being there. The father found out Melissa came to the house for her cat, so he called the cops to have her charged with theft. (Thankfully, the cops didn't want to play that game.) Those parents are clearly Puritanical and wigging out at the prospect of their 18-year-old daughter having sex. JJ told the parents that she was disgusted at the parents' inappropriateness and knew exactly what this case was really about. She said that threatening to charge their children with burglary/theft, etc. is insane!

The parents did not want Melissa to have that cat. The mother claimed Melissa was confusing this cat, Zaccheus, with Abednego, a cat from when she was younger (Oh Lawd, biblical cat names). The mother also tried to say that the car was hers, not her daughter's. JJ wouldn't hear it. JJ made Melissa sign the title over to her father, and she made her father pay Melissa half the value of the car. This probably will turn out to be a favor to Melissa, as it decreases her financial ties to her controlling parents, and eliminates the car being used as a tool for manipulation. Mother played the victim in the hallterview.

And on a snarky note....Melissa's parents said they wanted to instill responsibility in their children. That's all well and good....but they should have thrown in some guidance about posture. Then again, maybe Melissa slumps a bit because of her shaaaame over the eeeevils of sex.

Edited May 4, 2016 by CoolWhipLite

[Cynna]

On 2016-04-30 at 1:07 AM, 27bored said:

And I do believe Ms. Jackson with the gold grill said what the girl said she said and not just "close your legs", even though the sentiment was right.

Could someone help me out on this? I can't for the life of me figure out what the girl says the teacher said. 16 times I've replayed it now, and it sounds like "She ask me was I senning a ______ in for glog glinnets". Please save my PVR's back button and my sanity.

[Rick Kitchen]

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Thankfully, the cops didn't want to play that game

 

That didn't prevent the father from demanding the cop's badge number and threatening him with being a police chaplain.

 

Those parents were disgusting control freaks.  I hope the girl is their youngest and there are no other kids being forced to live under their roof.  Her two siblings on her side of the courtroom clearly have no interest in associating with their parents.