1 00:00:00,333 --> 00:00:03,266 You did get in the car with your sister and her husband, 2 00:00:03,333 --> 00:00:05,400 and it was an unpleasant trip. 3 00:00:05,466 --> 00:00:09,500 [Kendra] It was basically him with the--the agitation and the argument. 4 00:00:09,567 --> 00:00:11,300 I'm sorry, ma'am, but that is not true. 5 00:00:11,367 --> 00:00:13,500 I didn't ask you a question. 6 00:00:13,567 --> 00:00:15,432 [Rena] 'Cause she was trying to fight him and threatening him. 7 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:17,466 - That's not true. - And, she did. 8 00:00:17,533 --> 00:00:18,800 Out. 9 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:21,300 Period. 10 00:00:21,367 --> 00:00:23,533 [announcer] This is Judy Justice. 11 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,600 [theme music playing] 12 00:00:40,866 --> 00:00:45,165 [announcer] Kendra Dubois is suing her sister, Rena Peak. 13 00:00:45,232 --> 00:00:49,432 For the title to her car, nursing services, and lost wages. 14 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:51,165 [Kevin] Court come to order. 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,600 Have a seat, everyone. 16 00:00:56,667 --> 00:00:59,933 Hello, Judge. Case number 1114, Dubois versus Peak. 17 00:01:00,066 --> 00:01:01,066 Thank you. 18 00:01:02,133 --> 00:01:04,500 - Ms. Dubois, this is your sister? - Yes, ma'am. 19 00:01:04,567 --> 00:01:06,599 [Judge Judy] This case has many, many parts to it. 20 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:08,132 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] Let us deal 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:09,966 with a car first. 22 00:01:10,033 --> 00:01:13,099 You say that several years ago, I assume, 23 00:01:13,165 --> 00:01:14,599 or in the past couple of years, 24 00:01:14,667 --> 00:01:17,966 you were having difficulty with either an ex-husband 25 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:19,466 or soon to be ex-husband? 26 00:01:19,533 --> 00:01:21,233 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] When was that? 27 00:01:21,299 --> 00:01:24,132 Uh, It was in January-- it started January of 2020. 28 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:25,599 Is he now your ex-husband? 29 00:01:25,667 --> 00:01:26,667 [Kendra] He's soon to be. 30 00:01:26,734 --> 00:01:28,299 We're in the process of getting a divorce. 31 00:01:28,367 --> 00:01:31,233 [Judge Judy] And during this nasty period, 32 00:01:31,299 --> 00:01:33,700 you had a car that was in your name? 33 00:01:33,766 --> 00:01:35,834 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] That I assume, 34 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:38,165 - you felt was your car? - Yes, ma'am. 35 00:01:38,233 --> 00:01:40,866 [Judge Judy] And you didn't want your soon to be ex-husband 36 00:01:40,933 --> 00:01:43,599 to have any right or interest in that car? 37 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:45,533 Oh, no, ma'am. He was vandalizing the car. 38 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:47,332 - [Judge Judy] Did you keep the car? - Yes, ma'am. 39 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,400 [Judge Judy] So, whether he was vandalizing it or not, 40 00:01:49,466 --> 00:01:51,633 you didn't want him to have any interest in the car 41 00:01:51,700 --> 00:01:53,866 because you put it in your sister's name? 42 00:01:53,933 --> 00:01:55,966 - [Kendra] Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] So, let's be very real. 43 00:01:56,033 --> 00:01:59,033 Okay? The physical car never went to your sister? 44 00:01:59,099 --> 00:02:00,367 - No, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] Point is 45 00:02:00,433 --> 00:02:03,500 you didn't want him to have any interest in the car. 46 00:02:03,567 --> 00:02:07,466 Well, I, I moved to a different state, so I was in a different state. 47 00:02:07,533 --> 00:02:09,400 So, anything that had to do with Florida, 48 00:02:09,467 --> 00:02:11,099 she was kinda my support system 49 00:02:11,165 --> 00:02:13,667 and was handling any affairs I had in Florida. 50 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:16,966 [Judge Judy] Ms. Dubois, this face has been sitting 51 00:02:17,033 --> 00:02:20,265 for four decades on a bench. 52 00:02:20,332 --> 00:02:23,734 I've done matrimonial work for 25 of those years. 53 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,933 So, I don't wanna hear a lot of gobbledygook. 54 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,900 When people are in the middle of a divorce, 55 00:02:27,966 --> 00:02:30,800 the only reason they transfer title to somebody else 56 00:02:30,866 --> 00:02:33,265 is because they want their soon to be ex-spouse 57 00:02:33,332 --> 00:02:36,966 not to have any interest in that property, period. 58 00:02:37,033 --> 00:02:38,265 There's no other reason. 59 00:02:38,332 --> 00:02:39,633 We--we don't have any issue 60 00:02:39,699 --> 00:02:41,667 with, um, property and stuff like that between us, 61 00:02:41,734 --> 00:02:45,165 like, whatever was in my name was mine and whatever was in his name was his. 62 00:02:45,233 --> 00:02:47,199 Then, what's the issue with the title to the car? 63 00:02:47,265 --> 00:02:49,800 For whatever reason, you put the title to the car 64 00:02:49,866 --> 00:02:51,033 in your sister's name. 65 00:02:51,099 --> 00:02:53,000 You're still not divorced from your husband. 66 00:02:53,066 --> 00:02:55,599 - Why do you want it back? - Uh, it-it's my, car, like, I-- 67 00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:59,265 [Judge Judy] Well, I wanna know why, (chuckles) Ms. Dubois. 68 00:02:59,332 --> 00:03:03,967 You--yeah, I mean, I know you-- I know you think you're smarter, 69 00:03:04,032 --> 00:03:07,699 but I want you to give me a reason that she understands. 70 00:03:07,766 --> 00:03:09,432 [Kendra] Okay. Well, I wasn't in Florida 71 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:12,133 and my car was registered in Florida, and I work COVID. 72 00:03:12,199 --> 00:03:13,933 So, I didn't wanna have my car registered 73 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,866 in another state that I wasn't gonna be living in. 74 00:03:15,933 --> 00:03:18,900 I wanted to--it to stay, you know, registered in Florida. 75 00:03:18,966 --> 00:03:20,866 And I wasn't there to handle it at that time. 76 00:03:20,933 --> 00:03:25,233 All right. So, let me read to you what you wrote in your complaint. 77 00:03:25,300 --> 00:03:28,066 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] It says, "In January, 78 00:03:28,133 --> 00:03:31,667 I had an unfortunate situation with my ex-husband, 79 00:03:31,734 --> 00:03:36,400 so I asked Rena, to put the title to my vehicle in her name." 80 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:37,667 That's what you wrote. 81 00:03:37,734 --> 00:03:39,599 That's what you swore to in your complaint. 82 00:03:39,667 --> 00:03:41,033 Do you wanna read the first line? 83 00:03:41,099 --> 00:03:43,332 - Yes, ma'am. I just kinda simplified it. - [Judge Judy] Just--just a second. 84 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:44,233 That's what you said. 85 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:47,500 You didn't say I was living in Florida, that I was gonna move someplace else. 86 00:03:47,567 --> 00:03:50,866 I wanted my business there. I want--that's what you wrote. 87 00:03:50,933 --> 00:03:52,432 You wanna make sure that you wrote it? 88 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:53,933 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] Okay. 89 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,500 Well, what kind of unfortunate business were you having with your ex-husband, 90 00:03:57,567 --> 00:03:59,533 which is the reason that you give here 91 00:03:59,599 --> 00:04:02,199 for putting the title to the car in your sister's name? 92 00:04:02,265 --> 00:04:05,000 That's the reason that you give, Ms. Dubois. 93 00:04:05,066 --> 00:04:08,133 Tell me. Sarah is waiting. 94 00:04:08,199 --> 00:04:10,667 [Kendra] I had to move away from Florida 95 00:04:10,734 --> 00:04:13,265 and so she was my only support system in Florida, 96 00:04:13,332 --> 00:04:15,500 so I asked her, would she handle my business, 97 00:04:15,567 --> 00:04:18,466 like she was paying my mortgage and anything that I had, 98 00:04:18,533 --> 00:04:20,000 like, business-wise in Florida, 99 00:04:20,065 --> 00:04:21,699 - until I can... - [Judge Judy] Well, just a sec. 100 00:04:21,766 --> 00:04:23,966 Do you mean she was paying it or you were sending her money? 101 00:04:24,033 --> 00:04:25,766 [Kendra] No, I was sending her money to pay it. 102 00:04:25,834 --> 00:04:27,466 She was handling, like, all of my affairs, 103 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:28,733 anything that had to do with Florida while I wasn't there... 104 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,699 [Judge Judy] Well, that-- was there something wrong with you? 105 00:04:30,766 --> 00:04:33,033 - No, ma'am. - So you were sending money 106 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:34,766 out of state from your bank account? 107 00:04:34,834 --> 00:04:38,000 Was it from a joint bank account or an individual bank account? 108 00:04:38,066 --> 00:04:39,100 It was the individual. 109 00:04:39,165 --> 00:04:42,132 But that's being done for a reason because--for instance, 110 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:44,567 I live in Naples, Florida. 111 00:04:44,632 --> 00:04:46,800 I come to California to work. 112 00:04:46,867 --> 00:04:49,733 I still carry my checkbook with me. 113 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,233 I have my paperwork with me. 114 00:04:52,300 --> 00:04:55,132 I pay my bills from wherever I am. 115 00:04:55,199 --> 00:04:56,933 I'm a lot older than you are 116 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,165 and I don't need a conservator to pay my bills. 117 00:04:59,233 --> 00:05:02,367 So, let's start out with the fact that I don't believe you. 118 00:05:02,432 --> 00:05:03,600 Let's start out with the fact that 119 00:05:03,666 --> 00:05:06,132 the reason you put the title in your sister's name 120 00:05:06,199 --> 00:05:11,199 is because you didn't want any issues with it with your soon to be ex-husband. 121 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:14,333 - But--Ms. Peak--don't speak... - [Kendra] That's not the [indistinct] 122 00:05:14,399 --> 00:05:16,899 ...because we already are not-- well, I don't know about you, 123 00:05:16,966 --> 00:05:20,100 but I'm already not crazy about you. 124 00:05:20,165 --> 00:05:22,934 Coming to you, do you remember when your sister 125 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,466 asked you to put the title to the car in your name? 126 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:28,399 - Yes, ma'am. - Would you take the title out, please? 127 00:05:29,132 --> 00:05:30,367 This right here. 128 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:34,300 And would you hand that to Kevin? 129 00:05:36,933 --> 00:05:39,533 And Ms. Peak, do you remember the conversation 130 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,834 that you had with your sister when she asked you 131 00:05:41,899 --> 00:05:44,933 to put the title in her name and signed it over to you? 132 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,332 - Uh-hmm. She... - Not--uh-hmm is not is not an answer. 133 00:05:47,399 --> 00:05:49,066 - That's a yes? - [Rena] Yes, ma'am. 134 00:05:49,132 --> 00:05:52,399 She called me and asked me while she was going through it with him. 135 00:05:52,466 --> 00:05:56,332 And she called me and asked me if I will put the car in my name 136 00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:57,800 because she was afraid that 137 00:05:57,867 --> 00:06:01,233 he might try to do something to her and find the car. 138 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:05,500 So, she wanted me to put it in my name, so that he wouldn't be able to find her. 139 00:06:05,567 --> 00:06:06,766 - Find her? - Yes. 140 00:06:06,834 --> 00:06:09,632 [Judge Judy] Great. And was it your understanding 141 00:06:09,699 --> 00:06:14,033 that you were supposed to return the title to the car to her 142 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:15,399 when she asked you? 143 00:06:15,466 --> 00:06:18,266 - Yes. - Good. Sign it. 144 00:06:18,332 --> 00:06:19,834 Okay. 145 00:06:19,899 --> 00:06:21,934 [Judge Judy] That takes care of one issue. 146 00:06:23,632 --> 00:06:26,867 Sign your name right here and print your name at the bottom. 147 00:06:28,899 --> 00:06:31,033 - Okay. - Okay. 148 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,600 [Judge Judy] Great. Now you have your title back. 149 00:06:36,766 --> 00:06:38,766 You said to her, "I'm not charging you 150 00:06:38,834 --> 00:06:40,466 when she says I'm gonna give you something anyway." 151 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:42,933 Yes, ma'am. So, when we got to the, uh, Airbnb, 152 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,300 that's when we--actually, I told her what I was-- 153 00:06:45,367 --> 00:06:48,000 - will be charging [indistinct]... - Yeah, but that's, that's too late. 154 00:06:52,132 --> 00:06:54,834 [theme music playing] 155 00:06:58,632 --> 00:07:02,165 [announcer] Kendra Dubois claims her sister Rena Peak 156 00:07:02,233 --> 00:07:04,432 owes her for nursing services. 157 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:07,432 Rena is countersuing for a broken laptop. 158 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:10,766 [Judge Judy] Okay. The next thing you're suing her for 159 00:07:10,834 --> 00:07:13,567 is non-payment of nursing services? 160 00:07:13,632 --> 00:07:14,533 Yes, ma'am. 161 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,300 [Judge Judy] And what I understand is that you are a registered nurse. 162 00:07:17,367 --> 00:07:19,699 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] And that your sister 163 00:07:19,766 --> 00:07:22,266 - was having some liposuction surgery. - Yes, ma'am. 164 00:07:22,332 --> 00:07:25,399 [Judge Judy] And she lives in Florida and you live in Texas. 165 00:07:25,466 --> 00:07:27,266 No, Ma'am. I was in Virginia at the time. 166 00:07:27,332 --> 00:07:29,367 - [Judge Judy] And working in Virginia? - Yes, ma'am. 167 00:07:29,432 --> 00:07:31,332 [Judge Judy] According to you, she asked you to come down 168 00:07:31,399 --> 00:07:34,066 to assist her when she was leaving the surgery 169 00:07:34,132 --> 00:07:35,800 and you did. 170 00:07:35,867 --> 00:07:40,300 And you told her that you would charge her $400. 171 00:07:40,367 --> 00:07:42,432 - Yes, ma'am. - Which is half your normal rate? 172 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:44,800 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] You drove 10 hours 173 00:07:44,867 --> 00:07:47,367 - from Virginia to Florida. - [Kendra] Yes, ma'am. 174 00:07:47,432 --> 00:07:49,000 The surgery was where? 175 00:07:49,066 --> 00:07:51,233 - [Kendra] In Miami, Florida. - In Miami, Florida. 176 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:52,600 [Judge Judy] And you live in Jacksonville? 177 00:07:52,667 --> 00:07:54,567 - Yes. - [Judge Judy] So, your sister traveled 178 00:07:54,632 --> 00:07:57,500 from Virginia to Jacksonville to pick you up? 179 00:07:57,567 --> 00:07:59,500 - Yes. - And when she picked you up, 180 00:07:59,567 --> 00:08:01,666 your husband was going to join you? 181 00:08:01,733 --> 00:08:04,033 - [Rena] Yes. - [Judge Judy] Your sister says that 182 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:08,567 initially, she wasn't thrilled about that, that your husband was joining, 183 00:08:08,632 --> 00:08:11,834 that had not been previously discussed with her. 184 00:08:11,899 --> 00:08:16,266 Now, did you tell her that your husband was going to be on the trip? 185 00:08:16,332 --> 00:08:18,667 [Rena] I told her that I need her to come with me 186 00:08:18,733 --> 00:08:22,065 to help assist me with my lipo after the surgery. 187 00:08:22,132 --> 00:08:25,500 I told her that my husband would be there to help do most of it, 188 00:08:25,567 --> 00:08:28,733 but I need her to help me, like, take vitals and stuff like that 189 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:30,266 right there to make sure I didn't catch fever 190 00:08:30,332 --> 00:08:31,834 and I--I wasn't getting really sick. 191 00:08:31,899 --> 00:08:34,533 - Um, Judge, that's not true. - When did she call you? 192 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,066 [Kendra] We never discussed him going. 193 00:08:36,133 --> 00:08:39,232 I only saw that he was going once I arrived to their residence. 194 00:08:39,299 --> 00:08:40,734 [Judge Judy] Tell me about the conversation, 195 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:42,966 your version of the conversation that you had. 196 00:08:43,033 --> 00:08:44,966 Okay. In February she called me and asked me 197 00:08:45,033 --> 00:08:47,066 will I provide the services for her, 198 00:08:47,133 --> 00:08:49,299 I was supposed to provide the entire services 199 00:08:49,366 --> 00:08:50,866 because she couldn't leave the surgery center 200 00:08:50,933 --> 00:08:54,000 without having a licensed caregiver for the first 24-hours. 201 00:08:54,066 --> 00:08:55,533 He's a mechanic, so there's no way 202 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,200 he could even do provide medical services for her. 203 00:08:58,265 --> 00:08:59,633 [Judge Judy] Okay. You understood that 204 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:04,799 you were having this surgical procedure done in a center, not in a hospital? 205 00:09:04,866 --> 00:09:08,166 - Yes, it was in a center. - And you could not be discharged 206 00:09:08,232 --> 00:09:10,066 from the center without... 207 00:09:11,667 --> 00:09:13,399 [Gregory Williams] I'm sorry, ma'am, but that is not true what she's saying. 208 00:09:13,466 --> 00:09:16,299 [Judge Judy] Just a second. I didn't ask you a question. 209 00:09:17,866 --> 00:09:19,265 I mean, it's very easy. 210 00:09:19,332 --> 00:09:22,066 You get the name of the surgical center, you put in a call. 211 00:09:22,133 --> 00:09:25,332 Is it true that you needed someone to sign you out, 212 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:27,366 a nurse to sign you out of the surgical center? 213 00:09:27,432 --> 00:09:30,600 No, I didn't need a nurse. I just needed someone to sign me out. 214 00:09:30,667 --> 00:09:31,833 [Judge Judy] Okay. Whatever. 215 00:09:31,899 --> 00:09:34,966 You did get in the car with your sister and her husband? 216 00:09:35,033 --> 00:09:37,399 - Yes, ma'am. - And it was an unpleasant trip? 217 00:09:37,466 --> 00:09:38,799 Yes, ma'am. 218 00:09:38,866 --> 00:09:41,033 The arguin' started the minute we got in the car. 219 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:45,200 So, from Jacksonville, you went to the center in Miami, 220 00:09:45,265 --> 00:09:47,633 and then you went to an Airbnb for two days? 221 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:49,767 - Yes, ma'am. - And during those two days-- 222 00:09:49,834 --> 00:09:51,866 so, then, you're close to the surgical center 223 00:09:51,933 --> 00:09:53,734 - in case there's an emergency? - Yes, ma'am. 224 00:09:53,799 --> 00:09:55,033 [Judge Judy] I assume that that's the reason. 225 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:58,100 - Yes, ma'am. - And you did in fact stay there with her? 226 00:09:58,165 --> 00:10:01,265 - Yes, ma'am. - Was there ever an agreement for you 227 00:10:01,332 --> 00:10:05,866 to stay with her in Jacksonville or only at the Airbnb? 228 00:10:05,933 --> 00:10:07,100 - No, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] Following the surgery? 229 00:10:07,166 --> 00:10:12,133 Only the Airbnb to complete the two um 24-hour shifts that she needed. 230 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,299 Tell me when you discussed payment for those. 231 00:10:14,366 --> 00:10:16,833 [Kendra] I--I told Rena. She asked me about payment. 232 00:10:16,899 --> 00:10:18,133 I told her that I wou-- 233 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,366 [Judge Judy] Just when is the question. 234 00:10:20,432 --> 00:10:23,833 Oh, this is February um 20 when she contacted me about it. 235 00:10:23,899 --> 00:10:27,500 So, I told her that I will charge her half of my service fee plus the travel. 236 00:10:27,567 --> 00:10:29,533 Did you tell her what that fee was? 237 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,466 [Kendra] Initially, I did not tell her what the service fee was. 238 00:10:32,533 --> 00:10:35,100 But when we got to the Airbnb, me and her had a conversation 239 00:10:35,165 --> 00:10:36,866 and we discussed what it will be. 240 00:10:36,933 --> 00:10:39,066 [Judge Judy] Tell me, when you got there before the surgery? 241 00:10:39,133 --> 00:10:40,399 - [Kendra] Yes, ma'am. - Okay. 242 00:10:40,466 --> 00:10:43,232 Tell me what the conversation was at the Airbnb. 243 00:10:43,299 --> 00:10:45,899 The conversation was that I wouldn't be charging her 244 00:10:45,966 --> 00:10:48,767 the full amount of whatever my services fees was, 245 00:10:48,834 --> 00:10:53,667 that she would just be responsible for the $400 for the two 24-hour shifts. 246 00:10:53,734 --> 00:10:55,399 [Judge Judy] Okay. Now, that was a mistake. 247 00:10:55,466 --> 00:10:57,133 - You do understand that? - Yes, ma'am. 248 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,734 [Judge Judy] Because if you're a professional, 249 00:10:58,799 --> 00:11:01,366 before you embark upon a contract with somebody, 250 00:11:01,432 --> 00:11:04,000 - and you did when you left your house. - Yes, ma'am. 251 00:11:04,066 --> 00:11:05,734 [Judge Judy] You have to tell the other side 252 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:08,866 what the cost is gonna be or if there's a cost involved. 253 00:11:08,933 --> 00:11:11,866 - Yes, ma'am. - So, you didn't discuss that with her 254 00:11:11,933 --> 00:11:13,899 - until you got to Miami? - Yes, ma'am. 255 00:11:13,966 --> 00:11:16,734 So, you'd already been through this unpleasant car ride 256 00:11:16,799 --> 00:11:18,000 with the husband, right? 257 00:11:18,066 --> 00:11:20,432 So, at this unpleasant time, 258 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:24,033 you're having a conversation with her about what you're gonna charge her? 259 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:27,000 Well, it really wasn't unpleasant between me and her, at first. 260 00:11:27,066 --> 00:11:30,667 It was basically um him with the--the agitation 261 00:11:30,734 --> 00:11:32,000 and the arguments, and the tantrums... 262 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:33,700 - [Judge Judy] Who was he... - Oh, Gregory. 263 00:11:33,767 --> 00:11:35,033 [Judge Judy] ...having an argument with? 264 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:37,200 [Kendra] Uh with Rena. It was kinda--you know, 265 00:11:37,265 --> 00:11:39,366 the argument were really between them two at first, 266 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:41,000 but me kinda being the third wheel, 267 00:11:41,066 --> 00:11:43,165 it was like I'm constantly in the middle of the arguin' 268 00:11:43,232 --> 00:11:44,667 trying to keep everybody calm, you know? 269 00:11:44,734 --> 00:11:46,834 - What were they arguing about? - [Kendra] Just anything random. 270 00:11:46,899 --> 00:11:48,399 There's a shoe on the floor, it's a argument, 271 00:11:48,466 --> 00:11:49,399 you know what I mean? 272 00:11:49,466 --> 00:11:51,899 Like, it was just random arguments, like, constantly the whole time. 273 00:11:51,966 --> 00:11:53,799 [Judge Judy] How long have you been a registered nurse? 274 00:11:53,866 --> 00:11:55,700 I just got my license last year. 275 00:11:55,767 --> 00:11:57,767 [Judge Judy] I assume, that as part of your training, 276 00:11:57,834 --> 00:12:00,500 - you knew how to take blood pressure? - Yes, ma'am. 277 00:12:00,567 --> 00:12:02,066 [Judge Judy] I don't know if you've got training 278 00:12:02,133 --> 00:12:03,100 in wound dressings. 279 00:12:03,166 --> 00:12:04,866 - What else did your sister do for you? - [Kendra] Yes, ma'am. 280 00:12:04,933 --> 00:12:07,567 She--she took blood pressures. 281 00:12:07,633 --> 00:12:10,799 She took my, um--my temperature. 282 00:12:10,866 --> 00:12:13,567 Okay. She took--she came in and checked my temperature regularly. 283 00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:16,366 And she gave me my pain meds around the clock, 284 00:12:16,432 --> 00:12:18,633 so that the pain wouldn't wear off and I will be in pain. 285 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:21,332 And she helped me-- like she made a few meals for me. 286 00:12:21,399 --> 00:12:25,133 And just basically that was it. 287 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,466 I had, like, little incisions, like, 288 00:12:27,533 --> 00:12:30,500 here, and here, and here around the back 289 00:12:30,567 --> 00:12:33,466 and they--they--they--they drain out, 290 00:12:33,533 --> 00:12:36,200 so it really didn't need really a lot of padding just like-- 291 00:12:36,265 --> 00:12:38,899 'cause it's supposed to--all the fluid's just supposed to come out. 292 00:12:38,966 --> 00:12:40,500 Who checked those drains? 293 00:12:40,567 --> 00:12:43,200 [Rena] She checked my drains but she was against me 294 00:12:43,265 --> 00:12:46,834 putting um sanitary napkins pads on my drains, 295 00:12:46,899 --> 00:12:48,799 but the plastic surgery people told me I can. 296 00:12:48,866 --> 00:12:52,232 [Judge Judy] Don't--don't-- don't tell me what anybody told you. 297 00:12:52,299 --> 00:12:54,066 - [Rena] I'm sorry. - She checked your drains? 298 00:12:54,133 --> 00:12:55,633 - [Rena] Yes. - [Judge Judy] And she did all of that 299 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:57,633 - for two days? - Uh-hmm. 300 00:12:57,700 --> 00:12:58,533 [Judge Judy] Uh-hmm is not an answer. 301 00:12:58,600 --> 00:12:59,799 Yes, ma'am. I'm sorry. 302 00:12:59,866 --> 00:13:01,734 Did you ever have a discussion with her 303 00:13:01,799 --> 00:13:03,833 about how you were gonna compensate her 304 00:13:03,899 --> 00:13:06,332 for the 10-hour drive to you 305 00:13:06,399 --> 00:13:09,500 or going with you to Miami and taking care of you? 306 00:13:09,567 --> 00:13:12,533 Did you ever have a discussion with her about compensation? 307 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,600 - Yes, ma'am. I--I... - [Judge Judy] Okay. 308 00:13:14,667 --> 00:13:16,533 - I'm sorry. - When and where? 309 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,933 [Rena] We were texting and I asked her 310 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 how much will she charged me for my services 311 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:25,366 to come there and help me out doing my nursing services to Miami. 312 00:13:25,432 --> 00:13:28,000 I have text messages here. 313 00:13:28,066 --> 00:13:30,567 - [Judge Judy] I'd like to see them. - Where she told me that 314 00:13:30,633 --> 00:13:32,866 um she's doing my care for free, and I told her 315 00:13:32,933 --> 00:13:34,933 that I would give her something anyway. 316 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,432 Okay. 317 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:38,133 - [Rena] And then... - Just a second. 318 00:13:42,165 --> 00:13:43,567 Okay. I'd like to see the rest of emails. 319 00:13:43,633 --> 00:13:46,567 And my husband, he also helped me with going, um... 320 00:13:46,633 --> 00:13:48,299 [Judge Judy] I don't care about your husband. 321 00:13:48,366 --> 00:13:49,567 - I don't care... - [Rena] But this is the other-- 322 00:13:49,633 --> 00:13:52,667 this is the other-- and the contract that she sent me, 323 00:13:52,734 --> 00:13:54,700 and it's saying that the services were free. 324 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:55,600 Yes, but you told you her 325 00:13:55,667 --> 00:13:57,232 you were gonna give her some money, right? 326 00:13:57,299 --> 00:13:58,667 - Yes, ma'am. I told her... - [Judge Judy] Just a second. 327 00:13:58,734 --> 00:14:00,799 You told her you were going to give her some money. 328 00:14:00,866 --> 00:14:02,332 - [Rena] Yes, ma'am. - [indistinct] that I would provide... 329 00:14:02,399 --> 00:14:03,332 [Gregory Williams] And she did. 330 00:14:04,366 --> 00:14:06,700 - Out. - [Rena] Be quiet. 331 00:14:06,767 --> 00:14:08,033 Out! 332 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:11,767 [suspenseful music playing] 333 00:14:11,833 --> 00:14:14,100 You already traveled from Virginia, 334 00:14:14,166 --> 00:14:17,033 to Jacksonville, to Miami 335 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:18,466 in an unpleasant ride. 336 00:14:18,533 --> 00:14:20,366 That is not the time to tell your sister 337 00:14:20,432 --> 00:14:23,066 while you're there that you're gonna charge her $400. 338 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:30,567 [theme music playing] 339 00:14:34,165 --> 00:14:38,165 [announcer] Kendra Dubois claims her sister, Rena Peak, 340 00:14:38,232 --> 00:14:40,332 owes for the nursing care she provided. 341 00:14:40,399 --> 00:14:44,399 Rena says Kendra broke her laptop after an argument. 342 00:14:44,466 --> 00:14:46,700 [Judge Judy] Okay. You paid a hundred dollars? 343 00:14:46,767 --> 00:14:50,633 I--I gave her a hundred dollars travel to come down with me. 344 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:53,399 - [Judge Judy] Okay. - And then, I also sent her another $100 345 00:14:53,466 --> 00:14:55,734 - during the stay. - So far, is that correct? 346 00:14:55,799 --> 00:14:57,567 - Yes, ma'am. She did. - [Judge Judy] Okay. 347 00:14:57,633 --> 00:14:59,366 You said to her, "I'm not charging you," 348 00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:01,567 and she says, "I'm gonna give you something anyway." 349 00:15:01,633 --> 00:15:03,799 Yes, ma'am. So, when we got to the uh Airbnb, 350 00:15:03,866 --> 00:15:06,000 that's when we actually-- I told her what I was-- 351 00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:06,899 will be charging [indistinct] the full... 352 00:15:06,966 --> 00:15:08,432 [Judge Judy] Yeah, but that's--that's too late. 353 00:15:09,232 --> 00:15:11,100 That's actually too late. You have your car title back? 354 00:15:11,166 --> 00:15:12,700 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] Yeah, 355 00:15:12,767 --> 00:15:14,700 you already traveled from Virginia, 356 00:15:14,767 --> 00:15:17,500 to Jacksonville, to Miami 357 00:15:17,567 --> 00:15:18,933 in an unpleasant ride. 358 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,366 That is not the time to tell your sister while you're there 359 00:15:21,432 --> 00:15:22,933 that you're gonna charge her $400. 360 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,432 You tell her before you leave Virginia 361 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:27,033 'cause you say, "I'm not charging you." 362 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:28,667 And she said, "I'm gonna give you something." 363 00:15:28,734 --> 00:15:31,100 She did give you something. She gave you a hundred dollars. 364 00:15:31,166 --> 00:15:32,866 She gave you a hundred dollars to get there. 365 00:15:32,933 --> 00:15:34,734 And she gave you another hundred dollars. 366 00:15:34,799 --> 00:15:37,200 Whatever happened with your brother-in-law is not my problem. 367 00:15:37,265 --> 00:15:40,133 Now, let's get to the computer that's you counterclaim. 368 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,600 It is your claim that your sister broke your computer. 369 00:15:42,667 --> 00:15:43,734 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] Were you there 370 00:15:43,799 --> 00:15:45,232 - when it happened? - Yes, ma'am. 371 00:15:45,299 --> 00:15:46,966 [Judge Judy] Okay. That was in Jacksonville 372 00:15:47,033 --> 00:15:48,899 - on your return from Miami? - Yes, ma'am. 373 00:15:48,966 --> 00:15:50,767 Okay. Let me hear. 374 00:15:50,834 --> 00:15:52,567 [Rena] When we pulled back up to the house, they were-- 375 00:15:52,633 --> 00:15:54,700 they were doing a lot of arguing on the way back. 376 00:15:54,767 --> 00:15:56,200 [Judge Judy] Who was doing arguing? 377 00:15:56,265 --> 00:15:58,100 [Rena] Um Kendra and my husband. 378 00:15:58,165 --> 00:15:59,667 She was trying to fight him and threatening him 379 00:15:59,734 --> 00:16:02,399 on the way back from Miami. 380 00:16:02,466 --> 00:16:05,265 When we got to the house, she told him--she said, 381 00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:08,100 "You just wait right there. I got somebody coming for you." 382 00:16:08,166 --> 00:16:09,767 So she started getting all irate. 383 00:16:09,833 --> 00:16:10,767 She jumped out of the car. 384 00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:12,799 She said somebody was coming there to fight my husband. 385 00:16:12,866 --> 00:16:16,600 So, I walk--I walked inside and I told my son here, Gregory, 386 00:16:16,667 --> 00:16:18,933 to go outside and get my belongings out of the car 387 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,899 because his aunt was acting all crazy and stuff outside 388 00:16:21,966 --> 00:16:23,033 because she was arguing with my husband. 389 00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:25,033 [Judge Judy] Just a second. She said they were arguing? 390 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:26,500 - [Rena] Yes. - Okay. 391 00:16:26,567 --> 00:16:29,000 And then, when--my--my son, he came, and then when he walked outside, 392 00:16:29,066 --> 00:16:31,133 she was throwing all of the stuff out of the car. 393 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,200 And then, she threw--she picked up my laptop 394 00:16:33,265 --> 00:16:35,734 and she threw it out on the ground and it shattered, and broke my laptop. 395 00:16:35,799 --> 00:16:37,066 Your Honor, I never took their belonging... 396 00:16:37,133 --> 00:16:40,466 [Judge Judy] Don't--I don't want-- I don't want to listen to you right now. 397 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:43,000 - Did you see her throw your laptop? - [Rena] Yes, ma'am. I did. 398 00:16:43,066 --> 00:16:45,033 And my son also saw it. 399 00:16:47,299 --> 00:16:48,500 [Judge Judy] I don't know what he saw until he tells me. 400 00:16:48,567 --> 00:16:50,366 - Tell me your first name. - Gregory. 401 00:16:50,432 --> 00:16:52,466 [Judge Judy] You remember the date that your mother came home 402 00:16:52,533 --> 00:16:54,600 - from the hospital? - May 27th. 403 00:16:54,667 --> 00:16:57,200 [Judge Judy] You remember what time of day they came home from Miami? 404 00:16:57,265 --> 00:16:58,232 Yes, ma'am. I remember. 405 00:16:58,299 --> 00:17:01,866 It was around 4:50-ish, 406 00:17:01,933 --> 00:17:03,100 around 5:00. 407 00:17:03,166 --> 00:17:04,467 [Judge Judy] Who was in the house with you? 408 00:17:04,532 --> 00:17:06,200 [Gregory Williams II] It was just me and my sisters, ma'am. 409 00:17:06,266 --> 00:17:08,032 [Judge Judy] Tell me what happened in that afternoon. 410 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:11,032 So, basically, when they came back, it was the day of my graduation, 411 00:17:11,099 --> 00:17:14,032 so I was already trying to get a ride 412 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:16,834 around to the theater where my graduation was being held. 413 00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:18,333 [Judge Judy] You were graduating from? 414 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:19,500 Um, high school. 415 00:17:19,567 --> 00:17:21,066 What time is your graduation? 416 00:17:21,133 --> 00:17:24,232 [Gregory Williams II] I had to be there around 5:30, 5:45. 417 00:17:24,299 --> 00:17:25,532 Did you attend your graduation? 418 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:26,666 [Gregory Williams II] Yes, ma'am. I did. 419 00:17:26,733 --> 00:17:28,333 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 420 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:29,232 [Judge Judy] Did your mom go with you? 421 00:17:29,299 --> 00:17:31,366 Yes. Um yes, ma'am. 422 00:17:31,432 --> 00:17:32,666 My dad dropped me off 423 00:17:32,733 --> 00:17:35,467 and they had to come back at a later time 424 00:17:35,532 --> 00:17:38,165 'cause the graduates, and the students, and stuff like that 425 00:17:38,232 --> 00:17:39,799 - had to be there early. - [Judge Judy] Had to get first? 426 00:17:39,866 --> 00:17:41,933 - Yes, ma'am. - So, he drove you to graduation, 427 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,500 came back, and picked up your mother? 428 00:17:43,567 --> 00:17:45,066 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] Tell me what happened 429 00:17:45,133 --> 00:17:47,366 outside when they came home with your aunt. 430 00:17:47,432 --> 00:17:49,834 [Gregory Williams II] Okay. So, I was getting dressed at that time 431 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:51,866 and my mom walked in, and she was, like, 432 00:17:51,933 --> 00:17:55,232 "Can you go get my stuff and my belongings from outside?" 433 00:17:55,299 --> 00:17:59,266 Because--well, my aunt, she was, you know, acting crazy or whatever. 434 00:17:59,333 --> 00:18:02,532 So, I walked outside to go get it. 435 00:18:02,599 --> 00:18:04,799 And from the looks of it, she's getting her belongings 436 00:18:04,866 --> 00:18:08,299 out the car and she intentionally picked up my mom's laptop, 437 00:18:08,366 --> 00:18:09,400 threw it on the ground. 438 00:18:09,467 --> 00:18:11,432 While following all of that happened, 439 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:14,000 she threw out the rest of her um belongings, 440 00:18:14,066 --> 00:18:16,733 as in her suitcase, and her purse, and stuff like that 441 00:18:16,799 --> 00:18:18,066 out to the middle of the road. 442 00:18:18,133 --> 00:18:20,933 When you say she threw her suitcase, did she open the suitcase 443 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,700 and throw it out or just threw the suitcase of your mom... 444 00:18:22,767 --> 00:18:25,633 No, she picked the whole suitcase out and she threw it. 445 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:27,900 And she also threw out-- 446 00:18:27,967 --> 00:18:31,366 picked up her laptop and intentionally, threw it at the ground as well. 447 00:18:31,432 --> 00:18:33,532 [Judge Judy] Did you say anything to your aunt? 448 00:18:33,599 --> 00:18:34,599 [Gregory Williams II] I didn't say anything. 449 00:18:34,666 --> 00:18:37,666 I just went out there to retrieve the belongings out the middle of the road, 450 00:18:37,733 --> 00:18:38,834 so they wouldn't be damaged any further... 451 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:40,366 [Judge Judy] Who was she yelling at? 452 00:18:40,432 --> 00:18:42,200 She was yelling and screaming at my dad 453 00:18:42,266 --> 00:18:45,366 because they were getting again to it as they were pulling up to the house, 454 00:18:45,432 --> 00:18:48,099 but anything before they got to the house, I was not aware of. 455 00:18:48,165 --> 00:18:51,599 What did you hear them say to each other when you got outside? 456 00:18:51,666 --> 00:18:55,266 It was all type of-- it's a lot of derogatory language. 457 00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:56,165 [Judge Judy] Okay. 458 00:18:56,232 --> 00:18:58,633 Who retrieved your mother's things from the street? 459 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:00,400 Me and my sisters. 460 00:19:00,467 --> 00:19:01,866 [Judge Judy] Who picked up the laptop? 461 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:03,299 - I did. - [Judge Judy] Tell me 462 00:19:03,366 --> 00:19:05,165 what the damage was to the laptop. 463 00:19:05,232 --> 00:19:07,066 [Gregory Williams II] The whole screen was broken, 464 00:19:07,133 --> 00:19:09,467 the back panel where the um screen 465 00:19:09,532 --> 00:19:11,700 and the um bottom part comes together, 466 00:19:11,767 --> 00:19:15,165 it was, um, like, coming apart from each other or separating. 467 00:19:15,232 --> 00:19:17,432 [Judge Judy] Okay. Tell me what kind of laptop it was? 468 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:18,599 It was a MacBook. 469 00:19:18,666 --> 00:19:20,099 [Judge Judy] Do you remember when your mother got it? 470 00:19:20,165 --> 00:19:21,366 [Gregory Williams II] No, ma'am. I do not remember. 471 00:19:21,432 --> 00:19:22,366 In January. 472 00:19:22,432 --> 00:19:23,467 [Judge Judy] Do you have a receipt for it? 473 00:19:23,532 --> 00:19:25,232 - [Rena] Yes, ma'am. I do. - I'd like to see it. 474 00:19:26,633 --> 00:19:29,532 It's the receipt, and then the insurance that I bought for it. 475 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,366 Did the insurance cover it? 476 00:19:32,432 --> 00:19:34,733 [Rena] It didn't cover it because I-- I was locked out of the email, 477 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:35,767 so I couldn't. 478 00:19:35,834 --> 00:19:37,432 But at the time when the laptop was broken, 479 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:40,599 I couldn't go back and find the email to get the insurance information. 480 00:19:40,666 --> 00:19:44,133 But the--the laptop winded up getting stolen 481 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,567 when my house got broken into. 482 00:19:45,633 --> 00:19:46,967 You mean, after it was broken? 483 00:19:47,032 --> 00:19:48,000 Yes, ma'am. 484 00:19:48,066 --> 00:19:50,567 [Judge Judy] You bought the laptop for $400? 485 00:19:50,633 --> 00:19:52,232 - [Rena] Yes, ma'am. I did. - [Judge Judy] Okay. 486 00:19:52,299 --> 00:19:54,767 Now, Ms. Dubois, all I want you to do 487 00:19:54,834 --> 00:19:57,266 is to describe to me the scene 488 00:19:57,333 --> 00:20:00,567 when you, and your sister, and your brother-in-law 489 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:03,432 came home to Jacksonville from Miami. 490 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:05,333 - Yes, ma'am. - [Judge Judy] All I want you to do. 491 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,366 That's all I want you to do is to tell me your version of those events. 492 00:20:09,432 --> 00:20:11,432 Yes, ma'am. When we arrived back to the house, 493 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:13,266 when I was--when I got out of the car, 494 00:20:13,333 --> 00:20:15,834 her and Greg walked towards the front of the house. 495 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:20,032 I went to the trunk and they had their bags packed on top of my bags. 496 00:20:20,099 --> 00:20:23,866 I picked up a suitcase that was on top of my bag, a big suitcase, 497 00:20:23,933 --> 00:20:27,266 and I threw it out of the car like it's just a suitcase. 498 00:20:27,333 --> 00:20:29,467 I never touched any other computer, 499 00:20:29,532 --> 00:20:31,834 I never touched any of their stuff that was in the trunk. 500 00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:34,767 I just lifted up what was on top of my stuff and took myself out, 501 00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:36,733 and was cursing them out and got to my car. 502 00:20:36,799 --> 00:20:38,432 [Judge Judy] Good. Great. 503 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:40,633 On the counterclaim-- judgment for the defendant 504 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:43,866 on the counterclaim in the amount of $400 for the computer. 505 00:20:43,933 --> 00:20:46,099 Thank you very much. You have the title to your car back. 506 00:20:46,165 --> 00:20:47,733 - We're done. - [Kevin] Court is adjourned. 507 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:50,967 This is what I thought was gonna happen. 508 00:20:51,032 --> 00:20:52,232 It was basically gonna be a wash. 509 00:20:52,299 --> 00:20:55,032 I was gonna get my car title and she was gonna get paid for her computer. 510 00:20:55,099 --> 00:20:57,165 She knows she broke my laptop. She should have just paid for it. 511 00:20:57,232 --> 00:20:59,599 They're bums and they were trying to steal my car. 512 00:20:59,666 --> 00:21:02,432 It's been too many issues and this right here was just the last straw. 513 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,000 At this point, we have no relationship, we never had relationships. 514 00:21:05,066 --> 00:21:07,000 It's time to just not deal with it anymore. 515 00:21:09,366 --> 00:21:11,165 [Judge Judy] Sisters, sisters never were 516 00:21:11,232 --> 00:21:13,000 there such devoted sisters. 517 00:21:13,066 --> 00:21:15,333 You know, I actually don't think it was the sisters. 518 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,099 I actually think it was the husband who was... 519 00:21:17,165 --> 00:21:19,567 - Uh-hmm. - ...a catalyst there. 520 00:21:19,633 --> 00:21:24,599 A plaintiff would not have driven from Virginia to Jacksonville, 521 00:21:24,666 --> 00:21:26,133 unless she really wanted to help her sister. 522 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,366 - Uh-hmm. - [Judge Judy] And I have a feeling 523 00:21:27,432 --> 00:21:30,432 that there's a history with this brother-in-law anyway. 524 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:31,400 - Uh-hmm. - [Judge Judy] I don't know 525 00:21:31,467 --> 00:21:33,232 what the takeaway from that is. 526 00:21:33,299 --> 00:21:36,799 Maybe taking long car rides with people 527 00:21:36,866 --> 00:21:38,799 (chuckles) is something that should be avoided. 528 00:21:38,866 --> 00:21:41,165 I think, also, for a professional 529 00:21:41,232 --> 00:21:43,834 after, like, you told the plaintiff in the courtroom, 530 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:46,200 I think after you have a quarrel 531 00:21:46,266 --> 00:21:48,266 with your brother-in-law in the car 532 00:21:48,333 --> 00:21:52,000 and there's constant bickering, that's not the time to discuss your price. 533 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:55,000 - Yet they... - I think that was a good lesson as well, 534 00:21:55,066 --> 00:21:56,834 that even if it's your sister, 535 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:59,432 if you're planning on being compensated at all, 536 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:02,500 that's a conversation that should have taken place before. 537 00:22:02,567 --> 00:22:03,866 - In Virginia. - Exactly. 538 00:22:03,933 --> 00:22:06,666 Between Virginia and Jacksonville on the telephone. 539 00:22:06,733 --> 00:22:08,000 - Exactly. - [Judge Judy] And the only thing 540 00:22:08,066 --> 00:22:11,200 that was there actually was I'm doing this for you for free 541 00:22:11,266 --> 00:22:13,500 and she's saying I'm gonna compensate you anyway 542 00:22:13,567 --> 00:22:15,165 but with no specific amount. 543 00:22:15,232 --> 00:22:18,733 Anyway, I--I promise not to say anyway anymore. 544 00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:23,200 I'm releasing anyway from my language, like, I omit like... 545 00:22:23,266 --> 00:22:24,299 - [Sarah] Uh-hmm. - ...and basically 546 00:22:24,366 --> 00:22:26,299 from a lot of other people's-- 547 00:22:26,866 --> 00:22:29,099 anyw-- I--I hope they make friends. 548 00:22:29,165 --> 00:22:30,967 - I caught myself. - Uh-hmm. 549 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:33,767 [announcer] Want justice? 550 00:22:33,834 --> 00:22:36,000 Go to JudyJustice.tv. 551 00:22:41,032 --> 00:22:44,032 [theme music playing]