to the state for child support.
>> Yes.
So...
>> Judge Judy: Is that right?
>> Yes, I do owe child support.
>> Judge Judy: So you can't have
anything titled in your name,
or else the state will take it.
>> I believe.
I'm not sure, but I believe.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that would
be right.
That would be right.
>> Okay.
So when we...
>> Judge Judy: When you split up
on good terms, you had
a 2008 truck that you bought.
You let him have it,
but that truck was in your name?
>> Yes, the truck is in my name.
That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: And you let him
take the truck?
>> Yeah, we had the agreement
that he could use the truck.
I would take the car,
but between his mom,
she said that, as soon as
I gave her the $1,500,
she would go get the title
and sign it over to me.
>> Judge Judy: That sounds
100 percent correct.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: That sounds...
Nobody makes up that story.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy:
Nobody makes up that story.
That is 100 percent correct.
And what happened to the truck?
>> She had it.
>> Judge Judy: Who got it?
>> She had it.
>> Judge Judy:
You have the truck?
>> I do now.
>> Judge Judy:
But you have the truck.
That wasn't the agreement.
The agreement was he
was supposed to have the truck.
>> Right.
Yeah.
>> That's why it got repoed.
>> Judge Judy: Shh!
>> The truck did not get
repoed.
>> Judge Judy: No, she's not
talking about the truck.
She's talking about your car.
>> Okay.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Why do you have the truck back?
>> Okay.
The defendant's son and I
were involved in an altercation
in which he was arrested.
At that point, she still had not
signed the title over to me.
>> Judge Judy:
No, just a second.
I asked you a question.
>> Okay.
I understand.
>> Judge Judy: Why do you
have the truck back?
Because that was
part of the deal.
The deal was his mother
was going to give you
the Impala so that her son,
who has a lot more children,
could drive around his other
children in the truck...
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: ...even though
it wasn't in his name,
but you would have a car,
and he would have a car.
They were of the same
vintage cars.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me!
That's the story!
That's the story.
>> If she paid me 6,000.
>> Judge Judy: No!
Don't believe you!
Don't believe you at all!
That story that she just told me
has a ring of truth to it
because you had let him
drive the Impala for 3 years.
>> But explain this,
Your Honor...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second!
You don't ask me
to explain anything.
>> ...I mean, because
that's not the story.
>> Judge Judy:
You don't ask me...
>> That's not the story,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You don't ask me
to explain anything.
>> Yeah, it might sound right.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
>> But it's not the story.
>> Judge Judy: You don't ask me
to explain anything.
>> Okay.
Well, maybe I don't.
>> Judge Judy: Put him out.
>> I apologize. Okay.
But that's not the story.
>> Judge Judy: Now put him out.
>> Byrd: Sir.
>> [ Grunts ]
>> Judge Judy:
You have the Impala back, right?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
She gets her $1,500 back.
>> I don't owe her 15...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
She gets her $1,500 back.
Your son has got
the Impala back.
She gets her $1,500 back.
You pay off the loan
whichever way...
You've already paid off
a title loan, which I assume
that you did with her $1,500.
She has the truck.
Your son has the Impala.
You're both exactly the way you
were before
the way this trade took place.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Don't speak.
>> Your Honor, I...
>> Judge Judy: What do you mean,
you're not in the same place?
>> He also has the brand-new
tires that I did buy.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, I don't care.
That was your choice.
>> Your Honor, that was...
>> Judge Judy:
That was your choice.
She's
not paying you for the tires.
>> But they have the tires,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
>> May I speak?
>> Judge Judy: Your deal was,
according to you,
he got the truck.
You got the Impala.
When you paid off the title loan
that
she had taken out on the Impala,
you chose
to put new tires on it.
Not paying you for the tires.
>> I had no choice, Your Honor.
One of them popped, and it was
unsafe for me and my children.
>> Judge Judy:
Then you shouldn't have...
>> Was you driving it?
>> Judge Judy: Then you
shouldn't have made the deal.
>> I was driving it.
>> Judge Judy: Then you
shouldn't have made the deal.
>> Hello.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
>> But it was after I wrote her
the check for the tires,
me believing that I was going
to have this in my possession,
so they now have...
>> Judge Judy: Not they.
You're not suing they.
>> I'm sorry.
>> Judge Judy: You're suing her.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And you gave her $1,500.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy:
That's what you gave her.
Whether it was partial payment
or full payment, she's now whole
because she has the Impala back.
She can go sell it to anybody
she wants for $6,000.
Title is in her name.
Go sell it.
>> They both stayed with me
for nothing.
>> My understanding
is that's for rent.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
whether they stayed
with you for nothing.
Listen.
If you didn't bring him up right
to know that
you don't have more children
than you can take care of,
that there are a lot
of other things to do,
a lot of other organs
to work with in your body, okay,
that was your responsibility
to teach him.
They made a switch.
It didn't work.
Right now, you're all back
exactly where you were.
You want to take back the Impala
from him
and sell it for $6,000?
Go for it.
She gets her $1,500 back,
and she's got a truck.
>> So what do I get for her
living with me for nothing?
>> Judge Judy: There's no
counterclaim here.
There's no...Sit.
There's no counterclaim
here, none.
If you had a contract with her
to pay you for living, sue her.
You didn't sue her here.
All this case is about is her
getting her money back from you.
You now have the Impala.
You want to go sell it, fine.
She gets her 1,500 bucks back.
We're done.
[ Gavel bangs ]
>> Your Honor, I do have...
>> Judge Judy: We are a-done-o.