give you a life estate so that
you feel comfortable that you're
not going to be evicted from
your home.
Of course, what you could always
do is stick her with lot fees
and move in with one of your
other children.
That way she's not going to be
able to cover all the lot fees,
the lot fee on the house that
you've remodeled that she won't
turn over to you.
They'll take it, because she's
not gonna be able to pay for her
house and the new one and the
one you live in.
>> Oh, no, ma'am.
She sold the double wide and did
not give me a penny.
She sold it.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, she sold it?
When did you sell the double
wide?
>> In May.
>> Judge Judy: And how much cash
did you put into the double
wide?
>> In the double wide?
God, I must have put...
>> Judge Judy: Just tell me how
much you put into the trailer.
>> I don't know exactly, but it
had to be at least about $5,000.
>> Judge Judy: How much did you
put into the trailer?
>> About $5,000.
>> Judge Judy: Show me. Show me.
>> No, I can't show you because
she wanted all the receipts for
her income taxes.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Robertson,
there is nothing that I can do
to help you.
I'm really trying very hard to
help you, but there's nothing
that I can do to help you.
>> She's got all -- all the
receipts.
>> She has a cashier's check for
$5,000 with her name...
>> Oh, yeah.
I've got the cashier's checks
that I paid.
>> ...for the trailer she's
talking about.
Can I help her?
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Do you have proof that you paid
for the double wide, is my
question.
>> I'm not sure if I got the one
for the double wide.
>> Judge Judy: That's all I'm
interested in.
>> I've got the one for the one
I'm living in now.
I'll have to look.
>> Judge Judy: Not the one
you're living in now.
The one you're living in now you
gave to her.
>> Yeah. Okay.
>> Judge Judy: We're talking
about the double wide.
>> This is my nurses aide.
Can she come over to help me?
>> Judge Judy: You want to see
if she has it?
If she has it, I'll take a look
at it.
>> And I'm just a home health
aide.
>> She's -- She's my home health
aide.
She works five days a week, five
hours.
>> This young lady is the one
that took her money, stole her
money.
And she has her over here saying
all this.
This is -- I'm sorry, but this
is -- This is wrong.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Perdue,
let -- Ms. Perdue, let me tell
you what my problem with you is.
My problem is, with you, is
you're a lousy daughter.
>> Oh, hold up. Your Honor, no.
I'm sorry.
>> Judge Judy: Because I --
>> Your Honor, no.
This woman abandoned me when I
was three years old.
She didn't come back in my life
until I was 48 years old.
She come back telling me she was
doing all this.
She wanted to be with my kids
and her great-grandkids.
And you turn around and do this!
>> Judge Judy: Hey, Ms. Perdue,
I gave you an option to clean up
this whole case and make your
mother, who has clearly made you
financially more comfortable...
Your mother's not gonna live
forever, shorter rather than
longer.
She wants the security of
knowing she's not going to be
thrown out of a trailer that you
own.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: And I said to
you, "Are you prepared to sign
an agreement giving her a life
estate in that trailer so she
feels..."
If she moves, she's no longer
there, and you can take it back.
But if -- As long as she's
living there, she knows that she
has the right to have a home.
And you answered, "No."
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: Now, if you want
to change your mind, I'll take
back the fact that I think
you're a lousy daughter.
>> I'm not a lousy daughter,
Your Honor, okay?
>> Judge Judy: Well, then --
>> I don't have a problem with
her signing a paper saying that
she can live there until
whatever.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Just a second.
Stop -- Stop talking fast.
Are you prepared to sign an
order agreeing to let your
mother live in the trailer that
she's currently living in that
is in your name for the
remainder of her life?
>> Her apartment of the trailer,
yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Just a minute.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: So you're
prepared to let her stay in her
apartment.
You have a rental apartment?
>> I put a wall in the middle of
the hallway so in case I wanted
to get somebody -- I had
somebody that wanted to rent it.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So, my question to you is, she's
prepared -- Stop looking at your
papers.e's prepared to sign an r
that says that, during your
lifetime, you can live in the
portion of the mobile home --
that's two bedrooms and a living
room and a kitchen.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: She's prepared to
do that.
Do you want me to have her do
that?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Then this case is over.
We'll have you sign the
document.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> I thought it was very fair.
>> She made me look like a jerk
in here.
>> I just don't want to be
kicked out on the street.
>> Nobody said she was ever
gonna be put on the street.
>> I'd like for -- be
relationships with her again.
>> She's still invited to any
and all the family functions,
but we will not have that
relationship.