how old are you?
>> I'm 18.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Stevens?
>> 18.
>> Judge Judy: Who do you live
with, Ms. Crosby?
>> I live with my best friend
and her mother.
>> Judge Judy: And how old is
your friend?
>> She is 17.
>> Judge Judy: So you live
with your 17-year-old friend.
Is that you?
>> No, I'm her mother.
>> Judge Judy: That would be
a compliment.
[ Laughter ]
So you took Ms. Crosby
in with her baby?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you have
a daughter who's 17.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: You and
Mr. Stevens have a child
together.
How old is that child?
>> He is 5 months.
>> Judge Judy: Do you work?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Have you ever
worked?
>> Yes, I have.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> Around end of May,
beginning of June.
>> Judge Judy: So maybe
you worked three weeks?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not talking
about three weeks' worth of
work.
I'm talking about
did you work in 2016?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: '17?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Where did you
work in '17?
>> Burger King.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> End of April,
beginning of May, starting --
>> Judge Judy: So for a couple
of weeks in April and May.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So you don't work.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Who supports you?
>> They do.
The reason why I don't work now
is because he has called CPS
and the policemen on me
so many times
that I had to ask off,
and finally they said,
"Well, we're just going to
take you off the schedule."
And I have evidence,
actually, of the CPS report.
>> Judge Judy: I know that
he called CPS on you.
Where were you living prior
to moving with these people?
>> I was living with him.
>> Judge Judy: Where?
>> In North Vernon.
>> Judge Judy: In a house, an
apartment?
>> Yeah, house.
>> Judge Judy: Whose house?
>> His grandmother's.
>> Judge Judy: So the two of you
and your baby lived with him and
his grandmother.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Did you live with
the grandmother while you were
pregnant?
>> For a short while.
>> Judge Judy: Did you move in
with his grandmother
when you were pregnant?
>> Yes, for a short while.
>> Judge Judy: When did you move
out?
>> Move out or move in?
>> Judge Judy: I'm asking you a
question.
I'm trying to figure
out your life.
You have parents.
Evidently, the parents
aren't an option to live with.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: For whatever
reason.
I don't have to get into that.
But you got pregnant,
and from getting pregnant,
did you move in with
Mr. Stevens' grandmother?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Where did you go?
>> I was living with my family
up until Christmas.
>> Judge Judy: And what happened
Christmas?
>> I moved in with him
because my dad no
longer allowed me in his place.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So Christmastime,
your father said, "Out."
You moved in with Mr. Stevens,
and when was the baby born?
>> In February.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
This whole stupid scenario of
18- and 17-year-olds
having babies didn't work out,
and you left
Mr. Stevens' grandmother's house
at some point
and went for a couple of days,
probably,
to stay with these people?
Your last name is?
>> Bassett.
>> Judge Judy: You went to stay
with Ms. Bassett,
and then you came back.
You were gone for a few days?
How long?
>> I was gone for a week.
>> Judge Judy: And you had taken
the baby
to the Bassetts' with you?
>> Right.
I left with the baby, yeah.
>> Judge Judy: And then you came
back, and what happened when you
came back?
>> I thought we could work out,
but he decided
to be controlling.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And how long did you
stay at that point?
>> I stayed a few weeks.
>> Judge Judy: Until when?
>> I don't know exactly the day.
>> Judge Judy: Month.
>> Around the time I was
working.
>> Judge Judy: In May?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's a
long time that you stayed there
then after you were at
Ms. Bassett's and came back.
So you stayed a long time.
And what happened in May?
You left.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When you left,
did you take the baby with you?
>> Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: And you went back
to Ms. Bassett's house.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: And Mr. Stevens,
you're 18.
What do you do?
>> I work at Martinrea.
It's a factory in North Vernon.
>> Judge Judy: How long
have you worked there?
>> I've only worked there
a few months.
I worked at Burger King
from February
of 2016 to March of 2017.
>> Judge Judy: Did you work
full time or part time?
>> Full time.
>> Judge Judy: When Ms. Crosby
was living in the house
with you and your grandmother,
was she working?
>> No, she was not.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
This is what the case is about.
You left.
You want your baby's stuff.
You took your stuff,
but you want the crib.
You want all the baby's items.
He says, "The baby's items
are staying here."
And you have a complaint
that he called CPS
on you on -- I don't know --
two occasions or three?
>> Three.
>> Judge Judy: Three occasions
after you left the last time?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Let's deal
with the baby's items.
Do you see the baby?
>> No, I do not.
>> Judge Judy: Why not?
>> She will not let me see him.
She now says that her lawyer
has told her not
to let me see the baby at all.
>> I have sole custody so I can
decide whether or not he can see
him.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I'd like to see the document
that says that
you decide when he can see him.
>> Oh, I don't have a document.
>> Judge Judy: What you say,
if you have full custody
and the court says
that visitation is strictly at
your discretion with the father,
I would like to see that.
>> I couldn't get the reports.
They kept sending me to another
police station in our town.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
about the reports.
There's a court order
for custody.
You said you have full custody.
Who gave you full custody?
>> The clerk office in our town,
but we didn't get the order.
>> Judge Judy: Well, then if you
don't have an order,
you don't have an order.
Was there a trial?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Was there a
hearing?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: There was
nothing.