the car was damaged correct in your
possession correct after you pled guilty
to changing lanes
and was the car totaled no
where are you living now be careful what
you say to me hello the polls couch
surfing i was what couch surfing couch
surfing yeah and your mother has custody
of a child of yours
yes no no physical custody yes just a
second
what kind of stupid answer is that it's
a it's an answer because she has
physical cuts here legal in court rise
no that's my son i have custody up not
if you're cow chopping well of course
beneficial for him to stay with
somewhere like that you probably deserve
each other how long has your mother had
custody of your son physical cussy or
custody sir you don't have legal custody
of your son how come i don't how come
because you don't have the piece of
paper that says so neither does she she
doesn't have to she has physical custody
exactly possession is nine tenths of the
law so you don't have custody either
just answer my question how long has
your mother had custody
there's only one star here and that's me
okay
how long has your mother had custody of
your son since he was two and how old is
he now
now since your couch hopping or sleeping
or whatever you're doing that suggests
to me that you don't pay rent anywhere
in a stable place is that correct
correct do you own a vehicle no do you
have a job correct yes what kind of job
do you have chef sous chef where in the
name of morton's so you're a sous chef
at morton's in atlanta correct on which
streets because there are several well
downtown i think it's peace street how
long have you been the sous chef at
morton's downtown about six months well
morton's is a large company so they pay
by check correct how is his son
supported i support him
do you get any assistance for him i get
grandparent benefits
you get grandparent benefits because you
have him through a foster grandparent
program i have him through the state of
missouri yes right so the state sends
money for him is that correct they send
me no not cash i don't get cash i get 10
uh food stamps for him yes ma'am plus i
work that's fine but you don't get any
money from him no man right well now
we're going to get you some money from
the state of where are you living now
georgia georgia now he is a sous chef
in atlanta at morton's pay attention
who's ever listening
all they have to do is garnish his check
and then you'll get some money from him
you have a repair bill for the car yes
ma'am you know you're partially
responsible for that you understand that
you let him drive an uninsured vehicle
and you let him drive an uninsured
vehicle and he is responsible but so are
you i'm not going to hear anymore i'm
just going to take a look at the car and
take a look at the bill
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how much is your check every two weeks
from morton's mr whitmore
it's not an answer
about 650 700
and you have no rent so that's fine
where is the bill to repair it you have
it that's it right there three hundred
and twelve dollars no it's at the bottom
three thousand twelve dollars was it
fixed no mail it's in the shop i dropped
it off at the shop mm-hmm okay
looks like three thousand dollars worth
of damage judging for the plaintiff in
the amount of fifteen hundred dollars
we're done thank you fires are excused
you may step out
he asked for permission to use the car
and i told him no i'm really just happy
it's all over with he took the car while
i was asleep it caused a big rift
between me and my mom so i usually sleep
with him under the pillow but i didn't
i'm just happy it's all said and done he
has many of them i don't know which one
this one was
i use that alias yeah so when we looked
at him up and i said well there he is
right there
she was like oh no that's not him that's
such and such who wants to go to jail
no ma'am that's my son just pretty much
just pretty much do the right thing you
can't keep skating by you have to assume
responsibility for what you get
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