how long did you
and Mr. Geraci live together?
>> I was 17, so it was
about seven to eight years.
We were together for 10 years.
>> Judge Judy: How many years
did you
and the defendant live together?
>> We lived together
for seven years.
>> Judge Judy: At some point,
you moved into a home?
>> Yes.
He purchased a home.
>> Judge Judy: In what year?
>> 2014.
>> Judge Judy: And at the time
you purchased a home together,
the
house was placed in his name?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
You were not married?
>> We were engaged.
>> Judge Judy:
You were not married.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy:
Your child was born when?
>> In 2013.
>> Judge Judy: Now, in 2013,
were you employed?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: In 2014,
were you employed?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: 2015,
were you employed?
>> Towards the end of the year,
yes.
>> Judge Judy:
In what month and for whom?
>> I believe it was November,
and it was for Lowe's.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so most of
2013,
2014, 2015,
the vast majority of those three
years, you were unemployed.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What about 2012?
>> Yes.
I was working.
>> Judge Judy: For whom?
>> It was RMA Legal.
>> Judge Judy: For how long?
>> I was there for about a year
and a half.
>> Judge Judy: So starting
in 2013,
you were unemployed, and
Mr. Geraci was supporting you?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Now,
this is what the case is about.
When you moved into this house,
you used a credit card in 2014
to purchase
some appliances for the house.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Credit card
was in your name.
>> Yes.
He didn't have the credit
to put it in his.
>> Judge Judy: Whatever.
He had credit to buy a house.
>> After he purchased the house,
they wouldn't...
>> Judge Judy: He had credit
to buy a house,
and he had a job,
so you bought
the appliances for the house?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy:
On your credit card?
>> They were under
my credit card.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And when
you separated,
and you separated
in what month and year?
>> September of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: And he did
not pay this credit card?
>> No.
He was supposed to.
I was not working at the time.
He was responsible
for paying the bills.
>> Judge Judy:
Well, why weren't you working?
>> Because I was a stay-at-home
other for our son.
>> Judge Judy: Well, what did
you do between September 16
and almost September 17?
>> Well, right now I'm living
in a small apartment
with just me and my son.
He's only paying me $100
a month for child support.
I don't have the money
to pay off...
>> Judge Judy:
What are you doing?
>> Right now, I'm working.
>> Judge Judy: Good, and how
are you working?
You still have a child.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
So how are you working?
>> He's in day care...
>> Judge Judy: Great!
>> ...for the day.
>> Judge Judy: Right!
Duh.
So what you want him to do is,
you want him to pay off
this credit card?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
I don't have the appliances.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
whether
you have the appliances or not,
and a fireplace.
When was the fireplace
put in the house?
>> In 2014 as well.
>> Judge Judy: 2014, and it was
a fireplace that was a gift?
>> From my mother, yes.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
who it was.
It was a gift for the house.
>> Yes.
It was a Christmas gift.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
It was a gift for the house.
I mean, it wasn't a pair
of socks
or a pair of underpants.
It was a fireplace, so it was
for the house, so you want him
to pay off the credit card,
and you want the fireplace back.
Fireplace you can't have back
because
it was a gift for the house.
The house belongs to him.
Now, what I don't understand is,
actually, you were supported
over a period of 3 1/2 years.
Your only financial contribution
to the household were a washer
and a dryer or a refrigerator.
Don't you feel
sort of ridiculous?
>> Your Honor, my family also
contributed
a lot toward that house as well.
My grandma
gave thousands of dollars.
You know, we were together
for 10 years.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Geraci says
that you waited this year
before you raised the issue
of the credit card
because you left him
for somebody else...
>> That's...
>> Judge Judy: ...and when
that didn't work out,
now you're coming after him
for money.
>> No.
That's not true.
>> Judge Judy: So let's
go back a second.
You left the house, I assume.
Where did you go?
>> [ Crying ] I got an
apartment, Your Honor,
with my son.
>> Judge Judy: With what money?
>> It was my grandmother's.
She has an apartment upstairs
and let me stay there
for reasonable pricing.
>> Judge Judy:
So your grandmother
let you stay in her apartment.
There's a fly, Byrd,
that is annoying the plaintiff.
It's going to be annoying me...
[ Laughter ]
...and
it's going to go to heaven soon.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Now,
I'd like you to tell me
what appliances were purchased
on the credit card.
>> We had a refrigerator,
a dishwasher,
a stove and a microwave.
>> Judge Judy: And altogether,
how much was that?
>> I'm not really...
>> Judge Judy: Altogether?
>> Maybe 3,500 at the most?
I'm not really too sure about
how much it was.
I don't have the bill.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you have the bill?
>> I have the receipts,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to take
a look at them.
I have a bill here
for a plasma TV.
Do you still have the plasma TV?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Microwave oven and dishwasher,
all of that came to 3,359.