She wouldn't allow her daughter
in his house because I lived
with him, for him to see his
daughter unless I wasn't there.
But since I live there, how am I
not gonna -- how's that gonna
happen?
[ Laughs ]
>> Judge Judy: What's your last
name?
>> Reynante, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Stand up next to
your mother.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: She's too
involved in your business!
>> No, I'm not.
She dragged me into his
business!
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
Listen to me. Listen to me.
I didn't ask you a question.
She's too involved in your
business!
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: I've been doing
this business for 50 years.
I met her 5 minutes ago and I'm
telling you -- she's a nice lady
and you don't look like a bad
guy.
You're quiet.
You don't look like a bad guy.
She is too involved in your
business.
>> No, I'm not!
>> Judge Judy: You created that,
You created it 'cause you needed
help when your daughter was
spending her week with you.
>> Negative, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I assume.
>> Negative. I moved my parents
in 2 years ago with me because
both my grandparents passed away
and they were struggling.
My dad had a stroke and he lost
his job, so I took them in, and
I've been supporting them for
the last 2 years.
>> Judge Judy: If I were you, I
would put my foot down and say,
"Don't get involved with my
business."
You worked out a settlement with
your former wife?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: With regard to
custody?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Is he a good
father?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: See what she
said?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That was right up
front.
Didn't -- "No, he did this..."
Does he love his daughter?
>> Oh, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Is she a good
mother?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: She love her
daughter?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That's the
trouble.
That's the trouble.
And you're gonna have a problem
as long as she lives with you.
I assume that the protective --
Trust me, I've been doing it --
>> We get along good.
>> Judge Judy: I've been doing
it a long time.
She's a pot-stirrer.
>> No! I do not!
[ Audience laughs ]
>> Judge Judy: She's a
pot-stirrer.
Do you work?
>> I go to school full-time.
>> Judge Judy: Who supports the
household?
>> I do.
>> Judge Judy: Doing what?
>> I'm a vet, so I get G.I. Bill
benefits and disability benefits
from the VA, so --
>> Judge Judy: Do you work?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of work
do you do?
>> I'm a supervisor for
Facey Medical Group.
>> Judge Judy: Do either one of
you pay child support?
>> Not anymore, no.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Good!
>> We agreed not to.
>> Judge Judy: Well, he's
perfectly capable -- the fact
that he wants to go to school
and he has an 8-year-old child.
That's fine, as long as he
takes care of her half the time
and you take care of her
half the time, that's fine.
What else?
At the end of September,
911 called my son --
I was with my son, we were out
in the car -- against Jowenne.
She had locked herself into the
bathroom, my granddaughter
fearing for her life.
We went to the police station
and I go, "There's court orders
that says, I can attend [bleep]
functions peaceably," and so I
showed up with my son at the
police station to support him
and to tell my granddaughter
I would be there and she said,
"I have a restraining order.
Can you get rid of her?"
>> Judge Judy: Absolutely right!
>> So, I was asked to --
And I -- And I get that.
>> Judge Judy: Absolutely right!
>> And I knew that was gonna
happen, but the other cases --
September 16th was her birthday.
It was his day to have her.
She shows up and expects me to
stay away while she shows up on
his week.
Thanksgiving, she did it again.
She sent a text message saying
"Your mom better not be there
because I'm gonna be there."
My granddaughter was in a choir
for Thanksgiving at her church.
>> Which is my church!
>> Yeah, I just said your
church.
And so, we showed up --
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Reynante,
you got -- you got the drill?
Do you understand the drill?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> I want to be there for my
daughter -- my granddaughter.
>> Judge Judy: I want to tell
you something.
Grandparents in this country do
not have rights to see their
grandchildren.
Now, I used to think that that
was an absolutely ridiculous law
unless I, the parent, was
considered unfit to take care of
them.
In this country and most
jurisdictions, the parent has
the right to say, "This is a
person who I think is good for
you to be around or not, and if
it's not good for you to be
around a grandparent for
whatever reason, either because
they're a pot-stirrer or --
>> I'm not a pot-stirrer.
Her daughter comes to me because
she can talk to me and not talk
to her mother.
She feels comfortable talking to
me, she talks to me.
She doesn't talk to her mom.
I'm not a pot-stirrer.
I stay out of stuff.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have it?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Do you understand
it?
And it may have to reach a point
where you say to your mother and
your father -- is he still
alive?
>> Yes, he is.
>> Judge Judy: "You have to find
someplace else to live."
>> We're working on that.
>> Judge Judy: "I'll help you,
but you have to find someplace
else to live.
You can't be involved with my
business with my ex-wife and my
daughter.
My ex-wife and I seem to get
along just fine unless you're
involved in the business."
>> They actually don't get
along.
>> Judge Judy: Your case is
dismissed.
Goodbye, we're done.
>> Your Honor, I'm out $2,500 in
lawyer fees because she took me
to court.
>> Judge Judy: Good!
Absolutely perfect!
>> But there was no reason for
her to take me to court.
I never threatened her.
How can I threaten a person if I
haven't talked to her since
2009?
>> Judge Judy: Take your mother
home.
>> That's not true.
>> It is true, and you know it
is.