account?
>> Over $19,000.
As far as the final
withdrawal --
>> Judge Judy: May I see the
paperwork, please?
>> Well, this is the Numerica.
>> Judge Judy: I'm talking about
the -- so far, she's taken out
$5,218 that she wasn't entitled
to, 'cause she has no proof that
she was entitled to take it out
of that account.
Well, this was very easy,
because according to this, your
mother had, in fact, named
beneficiaries on November 2nd of
2015, and the named
beneficiaries were, in this
account -- you got 50%.
Your first name is Rebecca?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And your
stepfather got 50%.
How much did you leave in the
account?
>> What was left in the account
that they allowed me to pull
out.
>> Judge Judy: Which was how
much?
>> $19,000 -- over $19,000.
>> Judge Judy: How much was left
in the account?
>> I don't, um -- the other
half.
>> Judge Judy: How much is left
in the account?
>> The same amount.
It was split.
>> Judge Judy: You see how this
is very easy?
This says "beneficiary," so they
let you take out half.
Is that right?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's
fine.
So, you're not questioning that.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Good.
So, there she took out half.
The other bank account didn't.
You see, this is what you can
get from the bank.
The other account, she had no
right to take out the money.
That account was closed.
Is that right?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Perry, this
is a question that is almost a
"What would your wife want?"
kind of question.
Was it your sense that your wife
wanted to leave half of her
estate to you and half of her
estate to her daughter?
>> It is my belief that my wife
wanted to do something for her
daughter in her death, and that
is fine with me.
>> Judge Judy: So, this account
she clearly delineated she
wanted you to have half of her
property.
The accounts were in her name.
And she wanted her daughter to
have half of her property.
Would you be comfortable with
saying, "I am okay with applying
what my wife's wishes are in
this account" to the other
account?
She took out $5,218.
Would you think it were
reasonable and within your
wife's intentions for you to
receive $2,600?
>> I believe so.
She did these things without
telling me.
>> Judge Judy: She did the wrong
thing.
She did the wrong thing.
But you got the other $19,000.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And the other
bank account was closed with
$5,200 because she closed it.
I'm just asking you whether you
would be -- I'm not asking her
what her position is, 'cause she
was clearly wrong.
I'm asking you whether you would
be comfortable with a judgment
in your favor for $2,600?
>> Yes, with this stipulation.
There's also a matter of $1,800
that I deposited in both those
accounts, and I did that so that
my wife would have enough money
in her checking so that she
could buy the things she needed
for her breast and for
medication because we were
spending lots of money on
medication.
>> Judge Judy: Who put in the
$19,000 that you got?
>> We both did.
>> Judge Judy: From where?
>> We closed another savings
account that we both had.
>> Judge Judy: Then why was it
just opened in her name?
>> That was me.
I wanted to do that just because
I thought it would be better to
have her only on it.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
She's sick.
She was sick for five months.
Why would you open up another
account just in her name?
It would seem to me just the
opposite.
>> Well, it was opened a couple
years ago.
In fact, I have the --
>> Judge Judy: But then somebody
got sick.
Then she got sick, and it would
seem to me that you would want
to adjust that.
>> Well...
>> Judge Judy: If you were wise.
Anyway, I'm comfortable with
that.
Judgment for the plaintiff in
the amount of $2,600.
We're finished.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> They told me there was a
payment on death.
>> I think it was fair.
>> I was afraid of him.
>> She put a memorial together
for her mother and never even
told me about it.
>> Because he was abusive.
>> I have not been abusive to
her or her mother or anybody.
>> Closure.
>> I have lost everything now
and her.