>> Judge Judy: Miss Carter,
you and the defendant
have a child together.
You are not married.
You don't live together.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: There came a
time, sometime in September,
when, according to your
complaint, you were supposed to
meet with the defendant
to get some money.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And that was on
September 16th.
Where were you
supposed to meet him?
>> At his mother's house.
>> Judge Judy: And when had you
made that appointment to meet
him at his mother's house?
>> Earlier that day at work.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me how that
came around.
>> We were supposed to be, like,
exchanging for getting diapers,
wipes, little necessities.
>> Judge Judy: Now did that
come around as a result of
a phone call,
a text message, an e-mail?
>> Phone calls and texts.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
the texts that you were coming
to his mother's house,
because that's not where he says
you were supposed to meet.
Is that right?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: He says you were
supposed to meet at...?
>> Walmart.
>> Judge Judy: Which is where
she works?
>> She works on Walteran,
and that's right down the road
from where she works,
on her way.
Could be on her way home, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And what time
were you supposed to meet her?
>> She got off work at, like,
2:00, 2:30, 3:00.
So I said something
around 3:00, 3:30.
>> Judge Judy: Did you go there?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Why not?
>> Because she never called.
>> Judge Judy: So she was
supposed to call you?
>> Yeah, when she got off work,
to meet me.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see.
>> Your Honor, I can't find the
text messages.
It must have been a phone call.
I apologize.
>> Judge Judy: Was it text
messages or a phone call?
>> It was a phone call.
She was at work that morning,
or she said she was at work.
It was about 10:00 or 11:00.
I said, "Meet me,
and I'll give you some money
when you get off."
She's supposed to get off at,
like, 2:00 or 2:30.
And I said, "Meet me.
I'll meet you somewhere
on Walteran
in the area of Walmart."
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, you didn't call him.
And I want to tell you
something.
I believe you were supposed to
call him to meet him someplace.
Let's understand each other.
I've been doing this work
a long time,
and I'm looking at your face.
And I know that you were
supposed to call him
to meet him in a sort of a
neutral place, because
this man looks scared to death.
But he's not stupid.
And there would have been
no good reason
for him to invite you
to his mother's house
and have his new girlfriend
there.
No good reason.
Do you understand what I'm
saying?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Yes, ma'am.
It's usually, having lived all
these decades, your curiosity
that brought you to the house
at 8:00 at night.
>> Nn--
>> Judge Judy: Now --
Are you telling me that you
didn't go there at
8:00 at night?
>> Yes, ma'am. I did.
>> Judge Judy: You went there
at 8:00 at night.
Where do you work?
>> I work at McDonald's.
>> Judge Judy: And what time
did you finish your shift
at McDonald's?
>> Two or 2:30.
>> Judge Judy: And is Walmart
down the road from
where you are?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How long have you
and the defendant been
separated, not dating?
>> Since July of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: And when was the
baby born?
>> October the 20th, 2014.
>> Judge Judy: From 2014
to July of 2016,
was he giving you any money?
>> Every now and then.
>> Judge Judy: When you
asked him?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So you never had
any need or want to go to court
to finalize a support order?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Between 2014,
when your son was born,
and July of 2016,
where had you always met
to get money from him?
>> His mother's house, my job.
We would go everywhere.
>> Judge Judy: Give me the month
and year you went
to his mother's house
to get money from him.
>> September 2016.
>> Judge Judy: Not this date?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Before this date?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: What was
the date?
>> September the 4th.
>> Judge Judy: You remember
that?
>> I don't recall, Your Honor,
but I'm not saying it's wrong.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, September 4th, you went
to his house at what time?
>> It was probably around
3:00 or 4:00.
>> Judge Judy: Was he home?
>> He was there. Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Did he give
you money?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you had
arranged with him to come over
after work?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: By phone or text?
>> It was probably by phone,
but I didn't call him
when I got off.
I just pulled up after I picked
the kids up from the babysitter.
>> Judge Judy: Well, how would
he know to have money for you?
Unless you had a conversation
with him before that you
were coming over?
>> It's just we'll talk, like,
before I go to work.
And I'll just come after I
get off from work.
>> Judge Judy: Work. Fine.
Just a second.
>> Sometimes we talk.
Sometimes we don't.
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
Now we're getting tacky.