>> Judge Judy: This case
actually has two parts to it.
Ms. Salas?
>> Silas.
>> Judge Judy: Silas.
Ms. Silas, this is your
soon-to-be ex-son-in-law.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And there are
two parts to your case.
You were deployed to where, sir?
>> Japan.
Yokosuka, Japan.
>> Judge Judy: And at this time
you were deployed
to the coast of Japan,
I assume this is your wife?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you have a
child?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Before you left
for Japan,
where were you living?
>> We had a spot together,
and then we moved out.
The plan was to move in
with Ms. Silas.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Because your
daughter
didn't want to be alone
when he was away, and you
could help her with the baby.
How old was the child at the
time?
>> Seven.
>> Judge Judy: And was it
just you living in your house?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So your daughter
came home with your grandchild,
and he went to Japan.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Now here
is the case.
When you were deployed,
your wife got
a housing allowance?
>> I received
the housing allowance.
>> Judge Judy: For her?
Not for you.
>> I would receive it
either way.
>> Judge Judy: I don't
understand what that means.
>> So I received a housing
allowance
whether I was married or not.
The difference in me being
married or not is just $200.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So when you were living
in Japan, were you living
on government property
or were you living
in a private facility?
>> In the beginning, I was
living on government property,
and then I moved
to my own place.
>> Judge Judy: When did you
leave for Japan?
>> December 2014.
>> Judge Judy: And when were
you living in your own space?
>> Roughly January 2016.
>> Judge Judy: So you lived all
of 2015 on government property.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And so did you
pay rent on government property?
>> No, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did you receive
any money for your wife and
child during the year that you
lived on government property?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> $1,600 a month.
>> Judge Judy: And that was
designed
for your dependents
back in the States?
>> At this point, yes,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Well, at this
point, you were
living on government property.
Were you eating
on government property?
>> I would eat on government
property
right in town, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: But you had the
opportunity
to eat on government property.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And was any of
the monies being sent home
to your wife and child?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Other than from
the $1,600?
>> A good amount
was sent home, yes.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> Seventeen...
>> Judge Judy: How much?
Madam, don't sleep.
This is court.
Stand up.
Move over.
In the year 2015, when you were
living with your mother,
how much did you receive
from the government monthly?
>> I personally...
>> Judge Judy: Not you
personally.
You and your child
as dependents, get it together.
This is where we are.
We're in court.
Do you know, Ms. Silas?
>> The only money
I received from him
was $700 a month for the rent.
That's all.
>> Judge Judy: Now I want you
to think harder.
How much did you get
from your husband during 2015?
>> It would depend on how much
he wanted to send.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So other than the $700 a month,
there was no set sum taken out?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So give me an idea per month
how much he would send to you.
>> There was a car payment
for $500.
>> Judge Judy: Just a minute,
car payment.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you were
driving the car?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: What else?
>> The cellphone bill.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> $150.
>> Judge Judy: What else?
>> And storage.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> It was $100.
>> Judge Judy: So in total,
including the rent to your
mother, was $1,450 a month.
That was for 2015.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> We're missing a payment,
the Goodyear payment
that he was supposed to pay.
It was $140 a month.
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> Goodyear is
a car credit card.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not
at the car-credit-card payment.
>> Okay.
As far as I know, that's it.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
When was the last time
your daughter lived with you?
>> She's still living with me.
>> Judge Judy: Mm-hmm.
Is she paying you rent?
>> No, she's not.
>> Judge Judy: Are you getting
any rent from her?
>> No, I'm not.
>> Judge Judy: Why doesn't she
get a job?
>> She does have a job.
She has three jobs.
>> Judge Judy: Then why isn't
she paying you rent?
>> Because the money that was
supposed to be paid for rent,
she was -- in December,
she was at fine, and she was...
>> Judge Judy: She was what?
>> In December, when he was
supposed
to be paying the December rent,
he didn't pay the December rent,
and with her
working her three jobs,
she didn't have enough money
saved in order
to pay the rent for December.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Let me explain something to you.
You have no sympathy
at this end.
>> I understand.
>> Judge Judy: I just want you
to understand.
Your daughter and your
grandchild wanted
to move back in with their mom.
You're living alone.
You're taking them back in.
This is a good gig.
The government said, "Okay.
If she lived elsewhere,
we'd give her money for rent."
So she's living with you,
so you became enriched
by $700 a month.
Your household that didn't have
$700 a month before,
the government now says,
"We're going to give him
$700 a month
so that your wife and child
wouldn't be out on the street."
Well, you're not going to be out
on the street, anyway.
You got enriched by $700
a month by us.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: By us.
She didn't work.
She didn't pay it.
He's paid by the government.
In addition to what he got paid
for his housing, they sent $700
a month for your daughter,
so we paid you $700 a month
to do what a mother should do
for free, anyway,