I'm going to start with you.
When were you and the plaintiff
divorced?
>> In 2005, Your Honor,
October 2005.
>> Judge Judy:
And when were you married?
>> June of 1993.
>> Judge Judy:
You have some children.
How many?
>> Two.
>> Judge Judy: How old are they?
>> Seventeen, both.
They're twins.
>> Judge Judy: When you divorced
in 2005,
according to the complaint
that I read, your former husband
ultimately bought a home
right next to where
you were living with the twins.
>> He moved in with
my mother, who lived...
>> Judge Judy: Hmm?
>> He moved in with my mother,
who lived next door.
>> Judge Judy: So that he could
be close to the children?
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: And how long
did he live there?
From 2005 to when?
>> He lived in my house after we
were divorced from 2005
to 2012 in our guest bedroom.
Then he moved out of my house in
2012
and moved in with my mother
until about March of 2014.
>> Judge Judy:
And after you divorced,
he lived in your house
for a substantial period
of time, 7 years.
He had a bunch of tools
that were his
that were put in a tool shed.
Put in a tool shed?
>> A shop that I built.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: A tool shop.
When did you build
the tool shop?
>> Approximately 2001...
>> Your Honor, actually,
it was 2007.
>> ...2002.
>> Judge Judy: So he built it
after the divorce?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
With your permission?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: To house
his tools?
>> No, ma'am.
It was a shop
that was built for, like...
It holds cars and everything,
and it was a garage.
>> She never
parked her car in there.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Don't play with me.
Do you understand?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Don't play with me.
He built a shop.
You may have parked your car
in there...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...or somebody
may have,
but he had his tools in there.
>> Yes.
There were tools
stored in there.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: He had his tools
in there,
with which he potted around,
fixed things,
did things that had to be done.
Were you involved in carpentry,
or was it just general?
>> My father and I ran a welding
company.
A lot of those tools
were my father's he had given me
to run the company,
and so they were still in there.
>> Judge Judy: Sir,
and you built the shed?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
Was this home owned by you two
as a couple before the divorce?
>> When we were divorced,
she signed it
over into her name previously.
>> Judge Judy: Who did?
>> Mary did.
>> Judge Judy: Signed it over
to whose name?
>> The house was in her name
when we were divorced.
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
I understand that.
Before you were divorced.
>> When she originally
purchased the house,
it was under both of our names.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
But when you were divorced,
you signed it over,
and it became her home.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And it was your agreement
that you live in the home
for that 7-year period.
Is that correct?
>> Yeah.
There was no timeline given.
It was just agreed that he could
stay there, yes,
until he got a place of his own.
>> Judge Judy: That's fine.
And then he moved next door
with your mother,
and he was there until 2014?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And the tools
remained in the shed...
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
...that he built.
When for the first time...
Ms. Kincy, pay careful
attention to my question.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: When for
the first time
did you send him an e-mail,
a letter, a notice
that you wanted the tools
removed from your property?
>> I never sent them.
>> Judge Judy:
He gets his tools back...
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Do you
understand?
>> Yes.
No problem.
>> Judge Judy: Perfect.
...within 5 days, sir.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And, you know,
you came here under certain
circumstances
with certain agreements.
That's all on hold until he gets
his equipment back.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you understand?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Because there was no reason for
you to withhold his equipment
and for you to say,
"Now it's mine.
He abandoned it."
Under the circumstances,
when he lived in your home
for 7 years and moved
in next door with your mother,
to then cop an attitude and say,
"Well, he abandoned them.
Now they're mine," which is what
you wrote in your answer,
"They're my tools."
They weren't your tools.
You had an agreement with him.
And if you wanted to change
that agreement,
it was your obligation
to send him a notice
that your tools are no longer
welcome in my house.
Got it?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Perfect.
Now let's deal
with your countersuit.
Pursuant to the judgment
of divorce, Mr. Kincy,
are you required to pay for half
of your children's sports costs?
>> Yes, ma'am.
That's correct.
>> Judge Judy:
And over the years,
while you were living
in the same home
as your former wife,
did you pay those?
>> Yes.
Those were paid.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did there come
a time when you stopped
paying those costs?
>> When I moved out and I
no longer gave her my money.
I needed that money
to pay my bills.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
When you moved out of the house?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy:
Which is in what year?
>> In 2012.
>> Judge Judy: Before 2012,
you were living in the home
and helping support the home?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Then you moved
next door for whatever reason.
You moved next door
with her mother?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Were you paying
rent at her mother's house?
>> No, ma'am.
I was just helping pay for
groceries and stuff like that.
>> Judge Judy: In 2014,
you moved into your own place?
>> I moved in
with my girlfriend.
Correct.
>> Judge Judy:
Are you still there?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: When for the
first time, Ms. Kincy,
did you make a demand
and give him notice,
an invoice
of what the children's sports
costs were?
>> Your Honor, in 2012,
when he moved...
>> Judge Judy:
I'm not going back to 2012.
>> I was just going to tell you
that between 2012 and 2014,
when
he was living with my mother,
he also paid 50 percent
of the sports at that time.