children do you have, Ms. Busse?
>> Two.
>> Judge Judy: How old are they?
12 and...?
>> 12, and I have a 9-month-old.
>> Judge Judy: And who's the
father of the 9-month old?
>> It's a friend of mine.
>> Judge Judy: Is that this
gentleman?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Who is this
gentleman?
>> This is my boyfriend.
>> Judge Judy: So your boyfriend
is not the father of the
9-month-old.
>> No, he is not.
>> Judge Judy: Did the boy
always live with his mother?
>> Yes, he did.
Up till recently, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Up until when?
>> Up until November is when she
moved out of her house.
>> Judge Judy: You were living
with your son at whose house?
>> It was my friend that is the
father of my 9-month-old and his
now ex-wife.
>> Judge Judy: So you were
living with a couple who were
friends?
>> Yes, I was friends with him.
>> Judge Judy: And then you
moved in with he and his wife.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And how long did
you live there?
>> I lived there -- it was about
a year and a half.
>> Judge Judy: And I assume you
left there because you were
pregnant.
>> Uh, no, I left there because
I started getting threatening
e-mails that were threatening my
life.
>> Judge Judy: From his wife?
>> We don't know who they were
from, they were anonymous
e-mails.
>> Judge Judy: But you would
assume they were from his wife?
>> Yeah, I'd assume, but
there's been no proof.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so you
moved out.
Where did you go?
>> I moved in with my boyfriend.
>> He was not her boyfriend at
the time.
>> Judge Judy: If you're gonna
shout, you're gonna leave.
Do you understand?
So, you moved out of the house.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you moved in
with the boyfriend.
>> Yes.
>> And his wife.
>> Judge Judy: Now you can put
her out.
>> I'm sorry.
Okay.
>> Judge Judy: You moved in with
your boyfriend?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: How far away did
he live from where you had been
living?
>> Quite a ways.
I moved from
Council Bluffs, Iowa, to
West Omaha.
>> Judge Judy: Your son in
12 years old.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What did you do
about his school?
>> We still transported him to
his school.
>> Judge Judy: Is what you're
telling me you moved with your
son to your boyfriend's house.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you took your
son with you and transported him
to and from school?
>> Yes, that is correct.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> To the point, I have no idea.
I mean, it was a 10-day time,
and I wanted him to come live
with me at the time, and that
seemed to be the last option.
But I told her --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You're getting ahead of yourself
because that's not what you
wrote in your complaint.
In your complaint, what you said
was she left the boy alone.
At least it was my impression
that she left him at the house
of this couple with whom she had
been living.
>> No, I'm sorry.
She sent him to live with some
other friends of hers --
>> Judge Judy: Who?
>> I can't seem to remember
their names.
Chelsea, one of her friends.
>> Judge Judy: Is that when she
moved out of the house?
>> Besides the little time that
Austin did stay with her, yes.
She was moving him around from
my sister-in-law's to me
sometimes to her friend Chelsea.
Now, I --
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> Because I was getting these
threatening e-mails that were
threatening my life, and I was
trying to protect my son from
being around that.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, well,
that's a very good idea, then.
He should go and live with his
father.
>> Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
>> I'm sorry. I apologize.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
This case is all about an
overpayment of child support.
He came to live with his father
on what date?
>> It was November 18th.
>> Judge Judy: And is he still
there?
>> Yes, he is still there.
>> Judge Judy: And did you
receive any child support from
Mr. McGlynn after November 18th?
>> Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> I received it weekly from
that following week until now.
>> Judge Judy: Did you finally
stop the order?
>> I did.
It took some time, though.
>> Judge Judy: How many weeks
did you pay when your son was
with you?
>> At least 10.
>> Judge Judy: December,
January, that's eight.
Two weeks in November.
That's 10. Okay.
That's at least 10 weeks.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Why do you think
you're entitled to that money?
You were never married, right?
>> No, we were not.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so this is
just child support that he pays?
>> That is correct.
>> Judge Judy: Well, why do you
think you're entitled to this
money?
>> The whole reason that he went
with his father was I getting
these threatening e-mails.
>> Judge Judy: I heard about the
threatening e-mails, and that's
a very good idea because if you
were living with a couple that
were friends of yours and you
got pregnant by the husband and
had to move out, I would say
that you should do everything
possible to protect your
12-year-old.
And then moving out --
Evidently, you had a boyfriend
at the same time.
Now you're with the boyfriend.
Doesn't sound very stable to mey
talking about why you think
you're entitled to $75 a week
child support when the child was
living with his father.
>> Well, he had time to get it
shut off, and it wasn't until
just recently that he went ahead
and did that.
>> Judge Judy: The government
works very, very slowly.
Look at Congress.
And the lower you get, the
slower they work.
So if you say, "Boy's with me,
could you stop the payments?"
Sure.
Eventually, the get stopped
'cause it comes right out of
your check, I assume.
>> Comes right out of my check
every week.
>> Judge Judy: $750, judgment
for the plaintiff.