that's going on with this mobile
home at the time.
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> She's done some structural
changes to the mobile home,
okay?
You have to have permits and you
have to have licenses for this,
okay?
And she took it upon herself to
go and to split it into two, and
the trailer now is two
apartments.
>> Judge Judy: Who lives in one
half and who lives in the other?
>> At this point I'm not really
sure because there was an issue
of her supposedly renting out
the back.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Well, that would sound like
something that might happen if
she split it in two so she had a
place to live and some
additional income.
>> Right.
Well, she never spoke to me
about this, okay?
I was not told about any of
these changes.
>> Judge Judy: Let me ask you
this question, Ms. Perdue.
Is your problem that it's in
your name?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: What's your
problem?
>> My problem is that the
trailer belongs to me.
She should've come to me and
asked me before she made these
changes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, she didn't?
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: What do you do
for a living?
>> Right now?
>> Judge Judy: No, any time.
What do you do for a living to
support yourself?
>> Oh, right now, I take care of
a handicapped child in home
care.
I haven't been working for the
past year.
I've been very, very ill this
year.
>> Judge Judy: So it would be
fair to say that you didn't put
any of your funds into the
mobile home where your mother is
staying.
>> No.
Oh.
I helped her pay a little bit
for lot rent, but no.
>> Judge Judy: The answer is no.
>> Right. No.
>> Judge Judy: The answer is no.
So what you're telling me is
that you're concerned that she's
made certain structural changes
that are in code violation.
Then your concern is that you
could get in trouble for that.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: So why don't you
give her back the trailer?
>> Because she gave that --
Your Honor, can I explain
something to you about --
>> Judge Judy: I understand
exactly what she did.
>> When she had given me this
trailer -- Okay, my mother has
not been in my life.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I'm not interested in your sob
stories.
I'm trying to get who you are.
I can't make you give your
mother back the trailer, but if
she, at her age, wants to be
secure that she's not gonna be
thrown out and won't have a
place to live, it would seem to
me since you had no financial
input in this trailer, that she
bought it with her money and
that for estate purposes, she
gave it to you and put it in
your name.
But right now she's insecure and
nobody that is a senior should
be insecure that they're going
to be homeless because they made
an unwise choice, if you were a
reasonable person, what you
would do is to say "You know
what?
You want the trailer back?
I didn't put anything into it.
It's probably got code
violations.
I don't want any part of it.
I don't pay the maintenance on
it.
I don't pay the lot bills on
it."
'Cause she pays all of those,
right?
>> She pays lot, yes.
>> Judge Judy: She pays all of
those things?
>> She pays lot rent.
>> Judge Judy: How much are
they, by the way, Ms. Robertson?
>> $250 per month.
>> Judge Judy: And how much did
you pay for the trailer?
>> $4,000.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have any
other funds left from the sale
of your home?
>> No, ma'am, I do not.
I gave the rest of my funds that
I had, I gave it to the lot
place because Katherine wanted a
double wide across the street,
and I paid for it, and she was
supposed to pay $250 and I was
supposed to pay $250 and put my
name on the title.
I noticed the title, she did not
put my name on the title, so she
owes me $5,000 for that, not
$250, and I gave her all the
money to repair her house and
everything, and I'm living on
$610 a month.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Robertson,
when you make a gift, the gift
is gone.
>> I didn't realize that.
>> Judge Judy: I can't convince
her to do anything.
Right now, you have ownership of
how many mobile homes?
You have the one that your
mother gave you.
There's another double wide
purchased?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Just a --
There's another double wide that
was purchased.
You put it in no money in that.
She did.
>> I put a lot of --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Tell me what you put into that
>> All right.
>> Judge Judy: Without working,
because you haven't been
working, so tell me what you put
in.
>> This was prior to me not
going to work.
I work for a -- for a company
that -- It's an in-home service.
>> Judge Judy: How much are you
paid per hour?
>> I think I was $9.75.
It's $11.25 now.
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
You didn't put any money into
this trailer.
Nothing.
Ms. Robertson.
>> Yes, ma'am?
>> Judge Judy: Your problem is,
and I'm sure you've been told,
because you seem like an
intelligent lady and I'm sure
you've gone to see a lawyer.
>> I couldn't find one that
would take my case.
The one I did find, she beat me
to it.
He told her that as long as it
was in her name...
>> Judge Judy: It's hers.
I'm telling you the same thing.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: There's nothing
that I can do to help you.