It doesn't say,
"The insurance policy proceeds
are to be used to pay
my final expenses,"
of a 26-year-old.
It doesn't say that.
>> Your Honor, she gave
our whole family false hope
because we had nothing
to go on but her.
We all thought
that that headstone --
We was, you know, even talking
about what was going
to have put on the headstone
and her as the fiancé.
And then, all of a sudden,
there was no headstone.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You did have a headstone.
I read the papers.
There was a headstone.
>> It was a gifted one.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
if it was gifted or not.
It was a headstone.
>> With the last name spelled
wrong.
>> Judge Judy: Well, who spelled
it wrong?
>> It came from a family friend.
It didn't cost anything, but --
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
whether it didn't cost anything.
>> He spelled the last name
wrong.
>> Judge Judy: How did they
spell the last name?
>> His last name was
Siebenmorgen.
M-O-R-G-A-N.
It's M-O-R-G-E-N.
>> Judge Judy: And if your
friend spelled it wrong, did
they say to you, "We will fix
it"?
>> No. They did not fix it.
>> Judge Judy: Yes. Go ahead.
>> There is a tombstone that
is there that does have
the correct spelling.
>> Judge Judy: May I see it?
>> Yes, ma'am.
Would you like to see a copy
of the misspelled?
>> Judge Judy: Is there
a headstone for your grandson
that has the correct spelling...
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: ...before I look
at this picture?
>> Would you like a copy
of the misspelled one also?
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
Would you hand this
to the plaintiff, please?
>> No.
I've never seen that one.
>> Judge Judy: When was the last
time you were at the cemetery?
>> I've been to the cemetery
one time...
>> Judge Judy: Well, I'm just
showing you.
>> ...at the funeral.
>> Judge Judy: I'm just showing
you that it's there.
I mean, it's not photoshopped.
It's there.
>> But she didn't do what she
told me she was going to do.
She just...
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Miller.
>> ...lied to me.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Miller,
how did the stone get there?
>> I believe it was
Christopher's stepfather and
his father, but that was the one
with the name spelled wrong.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no, this
one with the name spelled
correctly.
>> I've never seen that.
I didn't know anything about
that one.
>> Judge Judy: This one,
with the name spelled correctly,
who are the two people with him?
>> One of them is Christopher's
father.
I don't know who the other one
is.
>> Judge Judy: Well, if one of
them is Christopher's father,
then perhaps Christopher's
father had it corrected.
If you recognize his father as
being one of the people in
the...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So there is a stone there,
so why are we here?
If you didn't know
that the stone was there,
then I say, well, I understand
perhaps why you're here.
But then, this case is over,
right, because what you're suing
for, even though you don't have
a contract for it,
was to have a stone placed
at your grandson's grave
by someone who inherited
some money
from a life insurance policy
that you really never thought
was going to come to pass
probably at least in your
lifetime because he was 26 years
old and sadly took his own life.
That's what I'm gathering
from the papers.
So I don't know what you want.
>> I just wanted her to purchase
the headstone.
>> Judge Judy: Well, the
headstone has been purchased by
somebody else, and it's there.
So are you satisfied?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Well, what do you
want?
>> I want her to pay for the
headstone.
>> Judge Judy: You --
Just a second. It's there.
His father paid for it.
If you didn't pay for it,
his father paid for it.
So it would be fair to say that
you just want the money back,
whatever money is left over.
>> I've got estimates of
headstones because Christopher
has 33 letters in his name.
We want his full name on there.
We want to put "Beloved" --
>> Judge Judy: Christopher Paul
Daniel Siebenmorgen.
How many other names does he
have?
>> That's it.
>> Judge Judy: That's one too
many.
He has two middle names,
Christopher Paul Daniel
and then a last name.
What else do you want on there?
>> We wanted to put
"Beloved son, grandson."
>> Judge Judy: Okeydokey.
We're done here.
Thank you very much.
Your case is dismissed.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> They just left our whole
family, you know,
no closure whatsoever for us.
>> When I told them
that I did not have the money
to help them,
they turned around and...
>> I mean, it was so tragic
to lose our loved one.
>> ...threatened me and told me
that I should be
ashamed of myself.
>> None of that came
from my side of the family.
I know that for sure.
>> I've had threats
against my life.
I've been told
that I'm ungrateful.
>> None of it from me.
I don't do that.
>> Then it's just been too much
for me to handle...
>> I was only doing it
for my grandson, you know.
>> ...along with everything else
that has happened in my life
in the last 6 months, so...
>> Give him the justice
and respect that he needed.
>> To know that he's resting
in peace
is all that really counts.
>> Yes, may he rest in peace.