01x49 - Unwanted Dog Pregnancy/Divorced Parents' Dispute

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[Michelle] He filed the complaint
against me for the cyber stalking.

[Judge Judy] And he called the police
because you refused

to leave his home.

Yes.

I said okay, "Well, then I'm not leaving."

That's interesting.

Uh, I have extensive damages
to my apartment as well.

[announcer] This is Judy Justice.

[announcer] Michelle Wittenstein is
suing fellow dog owner

Logan Rosenfeld...

[announcer] ...for the cost of a
husky puppy she never received.

[Kevin] Court come to order, all
rise.

Be seated, please.

[Kevin] Hello, Judge, case 1040.

Wittenstein versus Rosenfeld.

Thank you, Kevin.

Ms. Wittenstein you took
on the responsibility

of dog sitting for the defendant's dog.

Correct.

[Judge Judy] The defendant
has a husky mix.

How old is the dog?

Three and a half now.

- And it's a female?
- Yes.

[Judge Judy] How old was the dog
when you got the dog?

Three months?

[Judge Judy] And where did you get
the dog from?

- [Logan] I bought her.
- From where?

[Logan] Craigslist.

[Judge Judy] It's a mixed breed dog?

- Uh-hmm.
- How much did you pay for her?

Two hundred bucks.

[Judge Judy] Pretty much what
you would pay as an adoption fee.

- Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] If you went to a place

that rescued dogs.

And what kind of dog do you have?

I have a husky Akita mix.

How old is that dog?

Four and a half.

[Judge Judy] And how old was the dog
when you got him?

Two months.

[Judge Judy] Where did
you get him from?

Also Craigslist, off an ad for $200.

[Judge Judy] Now, you got together
how to get this job as a dog sitter?

[Michelle] My friend Max
told me that Logan needed help,

needed a favor to watch the dog.

It's not a favor, a favor is for
nothing.

He was paying you
to take care of the dog.

- Correct.
- [Judge Judy] So that's a job.

- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And how much

was he giving you to take care
of the dog for a period of time?

We never actually negotiated
on any terms.

But he paid me $150.

Actually, it was $180.

I have the bank statement for that
if you'd like to see it.

That right? A hundred and eighty?

Yeah, but I thought that $30 was a
tip.

Okay. You got paid
a hundred and eighty dollars.

- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Now, this case

is a relatively simple case,
while you were watching his dog,

your male dog
and his female dog mated,

not at his request.

But as a result of probably
both of your negligence

and not having your animals spayed.

He had a litter of puppies,
and you're suing him

for the value of one of the puppies,

because you said that
that was an agreement

and for filing a false restraining order.

He says he filed the restraining order

because you tried
to take one of the puppies

out of the house without his
permission.

And he's got a counterclaim

and his counterclaim is for the
veterinary bills that he incurred.

Plus, plus, plus, but I'll deal
with the veterinary bills.

For dealing with this litter of
puppies that was done

because of your negligence.

That's his counterclaim.

So now you have four
and a half year old dog.

- Do you take the dog to the vet?
- Yes.

- [Judge Judy] Regularly?
- [Michelle] Yes.

Has the vet suggested when it was
a puppy to have it spayed?

- Yes.
- And why didn't you do that?

At the time, I just didn't feel
as if I needed to.

What does that mean?

I just didn't want to,
you know, spay the dog.

[Judge Judy] No, did not want
to spay the dog

is the final result of a thought process.

I wanna know your thought process.

You have a mixed breed dog

that has no real value to a breeding line

when there were tens of thousands
of dogs out there

that need good homes.

So you're not involved
in a breeding program

to breed the huskies or Akitas,

is it just that you didn't want to go
through the trouble,

that you didn't wanna go
through the expense?

Probably not because you take
the dog to the vet regularly.

I need a reason.
And then I'll get to you.

I didn't want to it's not a reason.

I didn't wanna pay the expenses.

So it had to do with cost?

Yes.

[Judge Judy] Oh, that's interesting.

And now you have
a three and a half year old female

that you got as a puppy.

It's also a mixed breed dog
same questions that I would ask her.

Would you tell me
why you didn't act responsibly

and have that dog neutered?

Uh, I actually wanted
to continue her lineage.

Uh, she's the first dog I've gotten.

And I thought it would be an
interesting thing

to just keep it going.

- She's a very beautiful dog...
- That is the most ridiculous thing

I ever heard.

The dog is a mixed breed dog.
It has no lineage.

You have a lineage
which is what say you

it's the first dog I ever had.

So I wanted to continue that lineage.

[laughs]

Your lineage as reflected
through the dog,

I mean I don't...
I don't understand that answer.

I really don't understand that
answer.

[Logan] No, I just, um,

I had wanted to, you know, breed her

and then the kid and continue on,
to keep it going.

Just intentional...

[Judge Judy] Keep what? Just a
second.

Keep what going?

- [Logan] Her bloodline.
- [Judge Judy] Oh,

- so you wanted eventually...
- I had intended to breed her.

Yeah. Absolutely.

Eventually you had intentions of
breeding her,

well, there goes your counterclaim
one, two, three.

You know, that was
a pretty dumb answer.

Because you wanted a litter of puppies.

You had a litter of puppies.

So what are you suing her for?

Uh, not at this moment, it was a very...

[Logan] Oh, well, I did have
a counterclaim.

It is now gone.

Now, when was it that you agreed
to take control of his dog?

He dropped the dog off November 4th.

And you only have one dog?

At the time yes.

[Judge Judy] How many dogs
do you have now?

- [Michelle] Two.
- What is the other dog?

German Shepherd.

Did you get as a puppy?

Yes. At two months.

That you purchased?

- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

Now, you negligently allowed
these two dogs to breed

because he didn't make that request
to you, correct?

- Correct.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

Now the only question
that I have to ask you is,

you say that you're entitled
to the value of one puppy,

and you're suing him for $3,235.

Some of that is for filing
a restraining order against you.

Now, you explain to me why you think

you're entitled to the value of a
puppy.

Logan and I had agreed

that I would be receiving
one stud puppy.

[Judge Judy] Just a second.

Well, when he dropped the dog off,

he didn't ask you to breed the dog
with his dog.

- Correct. But...
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

Then he finds out the dog is
pregnant.

Tell me the exact circumstances

where he agreed to give you a puppy.

If he did in fact agree
to give you a puppy, we'll move on.

When the dog was giving birth,

he had agreed that I would be receiving.

Agreed is a conclusion.

The dog was giving birth.

You had a conversation.

You had a text exchange,
you had an email exchange.

We've had verbal and text agreements.

When he filed the complaint against
me for the cyber stalking,

he had also acknowledged
that we had a contract.

I'd like to see it.

[Michelle] And...

[Judge Judy] Okay, sir.

This clearly acknowledges
that you told her

that "after the puppies had their shots,

I would give her the one."

- Uh-hmm.
- So do you acknowledge

that you had an agreement with her?

To give her one puppy?

- Yes. However...
- [Judge Judy] Perfect, perfect.

I would like to say...

[Judge Judy] No, no, don't say anything.

Okay.

And you agreed to give her one puppy
after they had their shot?

Absolutely.

And when did they have their shots?

L... late February.

[Judge Judy] Now there was an
incident when evidently

she made the request for her puppy.

And I want you to tell me about that.

Because based on that,

you changed your mind
about giving her a puppy.

[Logan] So the morning
of February 13th,

Michelle had called me, uh, twice.

And she sent me a text saying,
"Hey, I'm gonna get the dog

without it being vaccinated."

Um, I wanted to sit down
and write an articulate response

and not, you know let,
throw that to the wind

- when I got home...
- Well, that's stupid by the way.

I agree. I have a text where he said...

[Judge Judy] Just a second,

just a second, that would be stupid.

To take a puppy that hadn't had
at least it's first shot.

I was going to bring it
to the vet immediately.

[Judge Judy] Uh, I'm just telling you
it's stupid.

- [Michelle] Yes.
- It's too young.

If it's too young to get its first shot,

it's stupid to take it
because you want it.

So you said you sat down

and you wrote her
an articulate response,

so it probably said, "I want puppies
to get their first shots."

Actually, I didn't get a chance to
respond because as I got home,

Michelle and a friend of hers
were waiting for me

outside of my apartment.

Okay, and tell me what happened.

She asked if she could see the
puppies.

I said, "Yeah, for five minutes.
I'm about to run back out, actually."

And I said I addressed
her text message.

I said, "Unfortunately, I don't think
that you can take the puppy today.

They're not vaccinated."

I had intended to go to the vet
the next day.

[Judge Judy] Whatever.
They weren't vaccinated.

Did he tell you can't take the puppy
today

because they weren't vaccinated?

- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

And that was on February 13th.

Yes.

[Judge Judy] And what happened
next?

[Logan] I showed them the puppies
and as Michelle was trying to leave,

she actually reached into the puppy
pin,

picked one up
and tried to walk out the door.

At which point I blocked the door...

[Judge Judy] Just one second,
is that what happened?

- No.
- What happened?

[Michelle] Well, my friend and I
were inside Logan's apartment.

And we were playing with the puppies,
nothing out of the ordinary.

I had been invited to Logan's place
several times prior and he told me,

"You are actually not getting a
puppy."

So I said, "Okay, well then
I'm not leaving."

So then he called the cops
and then the cops came.

Nothing was filed. No police report.

And I left the premises.

[Judge Judy] And did you pick up
a puppy?

- Yes, to play with.
- [Judge Judy] Just a sec.

You picked up a puppy?

- [Michelle] Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And he said,

"You're not leaving with it today."

[Michelle] Yes.

[Judge Judy] Okay, good idea.

And he called the police because
you refused to leave his home

- without a puppy.
- Yes.

[Judge Judy] So that's called in the
law a trespass.

I will tell you why it's a trespass

because you were originally invited
into the home to see the puppies.

Once he told you that you were no
longer welcome in the home

and you continued to remain there,

you were remaining in his home
without his permission,

and that's a trespass.

So he's entitled to call the police

and I'm sure the police escorted you out

- and told you to go home.
- [Michelle] Uh-hmm.

[Judge Judy] He is entitled therefore
to file for an order of protection

if he feels that you might
come back, period.

It's a very simple case.

I'm not going to make it
into a scopes trial.

So the part of your claim
that requests damages

for filing a false report

resulting in a protective order
is dismissed.

So the only thing left
is the value of a puppy.

Right?

Uh, I have extensive damages
to my apartment as well, I'm sorry.

Not from her.

No, from the litter of puppies.

Well, that's because you wanted
to continue your bloodline.

- [laughter]
- That's fair, that's fair.

[Judge Judy] You were the one
who told me that.

[Logan] Uh, as well...

[Judge Judy] It was your first puppy

and you thought somehow that gave it
magical powers, Mr. Rosenfeld?

- [Logan] No, I just thought...
- Are you an only child?

- Yeah, only child.
- [Judge Judy] You're an only child.

Got it.

And this, is the puppy

who's other ear has to learn
how to stick up.

Mine too. He's got the same floppy
ear.

Did you say yours too?

Yeah, mine also has the same
floppy ear.

- Not you, your dog.
- No, no, no, my puppy.

[announcer] And later today.

Did you file a restraining order?

[Marisa] I did. And I have proof.

I have the pictures from the as*ault
um just after the as*ault

and then I do have the police
reports.

[Judge Judy] Just a second.

You filed two different actions.

- Correct.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

[suspenseful music playing]

[announcer] Michelle Wittenstein.

Claims she never received
the husky puppy...

[announcer] ...defendant Logan
Rosenfeld agreed to give her.

Logan is countersuing Michelle

for a refund of dog sitting charges
and property damage.

So let's get real.

The reason
that you didn't give her a puppy

is because of all this kerfuffle
and the police had to be called.

You did in fact have a contract with
her

to give her a puppy
after it received its shots.

- Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] But now

we get to the value of a puppy.

Well, you paid $200 for your mixed
breed

that was half Husky half Akita.

And you paid $200 for yours.

- That was half...
- Husky and half,

uh, I think she was a wolf dog.

That's what they had told me.

So we really don't know.

[Logan] No, no, I have no idea.

Can I see pictures of these?

I would just like to take a look at them.

Just to amuse myself.

Come on, let me see a picture of yours.

[Judge Judy] I'd like to see.

I got too much stuff.

And I'd also, Mr. Rosenfeld...

- [Logan] Uh-huh.
- I'd also like to see

if you have pictures of the puppies.

- [Logan] I do.
- You kept two.

I kept one actually.

- [Judge Judy] You kept one?
- Yes. So this is my dog.

This is her dog.

This is one of the puppies.

And this is actually his DNA report.

Uh, there's no Akita on it.

[Judge Judy] Okay.

Whose dog is this?

- [Michelle] My dog.
- [Judge Judy] Good looking.

- Uh-hmm.
- [Judge Judy] And this is your dog

that has a lot of Husky in it.

- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And this is the puppy.

[Logan] One of them, yes.

[Judge Judy] Who's other ear
has to learn how to stick up.

- Mine too.
- [Judge Judy] What?

Mine too, he's got the same floppy ear.

Did you say yours too?

[Logan] Yeah, mine also
has the same floppy ear.

- Not you. Your dog?
- No, no, my puppy.

I'd like to think my ears
are both standing up.

[Judge Judy] Well, they're lovely dogs.

And Mr. Rosenfeld, you can't change
the agreement with her

to give her one puppy.

She actually doesn't want one puppy
because it's been a while now

and she's already gotten a new puppy,
a German Shepherd.

So I'm going to award her $200
which is what you paid for your puppy

and what you paid for yours.

That seems like a fair value.

$200 judgment for the plaintiff,
counterclaim is dismissed.

Thank you very much.

Goodbye. Good luck. Have a happy life.

- We're done.
- [Kevin] Court is adjourned.

She told me, I have
a slew of text messages

I was trying to pull up
she said the dog will be supervised,

it'll be cared for, she's home 24/7.

I found out pretty quickly
within 30 minutes

that the dogs w... were mated.

I wish it was a little later.

I was not expecting this.

It was a complete accident.

Make sure you, uh, watch
who, uh, dog sits your dog.

Glad to put this behind me.

[Sarah] It seemed as though
they were both nice people

just trying to settle a disagreement
peacefully and...

I like them both.

I don't think that there was any
venality.

There were a couple of good lessons,

and I think good lesson for her

was that she should have
her dog spayed.

I think that any responsible person
who has a dog

that they don't intend
to breed for a particular reason

should exercise good judgment.

There are plenty of animals out there
that need loving homes,

so that's a good lesson.

But I must confess to you that

when I was much younger,

I did in fact have a Maltese dog

and Jerry and I decided it would be
wonderful

to try having a litter of puppies,
and I was a judge at the time.

I was sitting in Manhattan
and I remember that for six weeks

I would carry the puppies cause I
was afraid to leave them home

and their mother to work with me

and I would keep the mother
in the back, in the robing room.

I'd keep the puppies in a drawer
and I said to myself,

"This is an awful lot of work."

So I can imagine having a litter,

I think he had six puppies
and took care of them.

And he said, "You should see
the damage

that they did to his house."

But he was very cute.

It's his first dog
and he wanted to continue the line.

- The memory of the first dog.
- [Judge Judy] The memory...

the memory...
memory in the line of the first dog.

Anyway, I thought that they were cute

and I thought that the decision was
fair.

He had in fact agreed
to give her a puppy.

I couldn't change his mind.

- Nice people.
- Good turnout.

Case 1043, Williams versus Rettig.

Please step forward.

[announcer] Twenty-two-year-old
Marisa Williams

is suing her ex-husband...

[announcer] ...twenty-one-year-old
Benjamin Rettig

for stimulus money and an as*ault.

Ms. Williams, how old are you?

I'm 22.

[Judge Judy] And you, Mr. Rettig?

Twenty-one.

You were married to each other
for a short period of time.

How old were you
when you got married, Ms. Williams?

Twenty, I believe.

In what month did you marry?

- December.
- [Judge Judy] And you have a son?

- We do.
- How old is he?

[Marisa] He'll be two years,
uh, September 5th.

[Judge Judy] Now, in what
year did you separate?



When in 2020?

May.

How old was your son
when you separated?

Seven months.

And who were you living with
at the time of the separation?

I was living with Ben.

In your own apartment?

No, we had a house together.

Anybody else live in the house?

Just our son.

[Judge Judy] Who was working?

[Marisa] Ben was working, as I had...

I was dealing with health issues
since the pregnancy.

[Judge Judy] Okay.

Now, you moved out of the house?

You moved out of the house in May?

- [Marisa] Correct.
- Of 2020?

That is correct.

[Judge Judy] And with whom
did the child reside in May?

[Marisa] We had an agreement
where Ben would have our son

um Friday until Sunday
as Ben worked long shifts

from 4:30 PM to 4:00 AM.

Okay.

And you would have him during the
week while he was working?

- That is correct.
- Did that work out?

- Yes, it did.
- Is it still working?

We have 50/50 custody now,
so I have him every other week.

[Judge Judy] This case
is about stimulus money.

I assume you were unemployed
in 2020?

That is correct.

[Judge Judy] And for the time
that you were married,

you jointly filed tax returns twice,
is that correct?

That is correct.

[Judge Judy] And each time,
he was the filer,

your Social Security number
was second,

and the only income
that was reported was his?

Correct.

[Judge Judy] So, when the court
entered a judgment of divorce,

which was in what year?

- This year.
- [Judge Judy] Did the court say

who was to take the child
as a deduction?

We did not have a divorce decree yet,
and nothing was in order.

[Judge Judy] You don't? Okay.

Well, if I had to make a judgment

with regard to previous tax filings,

I would say that if there was
a refund from taxes

and you're no longer together,

my judgment would be you're not
entitled to half of the refund,

if you weren't working.

I am just asking for the stimulus
money because he did receive 1,400

for me and our son and therefore
I am asking for half of our son

- as well
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

So you didn't receive
any stimulus check in your name?

- No, I did not.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

And you did receive stimulus checks
in whose name?

My name.

How much did you receive?

First stimulus check,
I received roughly $3,000.

[Judge Judy] Three thousand?

[Benjamin] Yeah. It was for me, her,

- and Jack.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

And how do you know it was for you,

and the plaintiff, and your son?

Did it delineate who it was for?

It went by the tax returns

which had myself, Marisa,
and Jack on there.

[Judge Judy] No.

There's usually a stub with it.

Do you have a copy
of what you received?

I do not.

[suspenseful music playing]

Just because the court
dismissed her complaint

does not mean you could sue her
for filing a false restraining order

unless you have some evidence
to show me

that she filed the restraining order
knowing that it was false.

[suspenseful music playing]

[announcer] Twenty-two-year-old
Marisa Williams

claims her ex-husband...

[announcer] ...twenty-one-year old
Benjamin Rettig

owes her for stimulus payments.

Benjamin is countersuing for car
damage

and filing false restraining orders.

[Judge Judy] Now, I can tell
you that

I'm not an IRS specialist so I can
only tell you from experience.

The IRS makes a check payable

to one person or a check to two
people

if they filed jointly,
and if they're getting a refund.

I never heard
of the $3,000 stimulus check.

First stimulus check I believe was
$600?

Am I getting that right?

Tina, would you check that
for me, Sarah?

[crowd] It was 1,200.

- [Judge Judy] Hmm?
- [crowd] It was 1,200.

[Judge Judy] Thank you.

Check it for me.

First stimulus check was 1,200.

Even that way,
the math doesn't work out,

because if it was a stimulus check
for the three of you,

it would have been $3,600.

For children, it was less.

The first was 1,200 per person

followed by 600,
and then an additional 1,400.

And is there a difference for a
child?

The stimulus package for one year

upped the child tax credit
from 2,000 to 3,000 per dependent

ages six to seventeen,

while children five or younger,
the credit was increased

from 2,000 to 3,600 per dependent.

And that was for 2020?

Yes.

[Judge Judy] What other monies
did you receive, sir?

I received money from the tax return
and the three stimulus checks.

Well, how much did you receive
from the tax return?

- I'd like to see it.
- I have the tax return right here.

Do you have any evidence
to show what he received?

- Yes, I do. I have...
- [Judge Judy] I'd like to see it.

I have a picture um showing the last
four numbers of my bank account

and then the last four
of the bank account

that the stimulus checks went to.

It doesn't say anything here.

It just shows um the last four
numbers of my bank account.

[Judge Judy] It shows
that you didn't get anything.

[Marisa] Exactly.

[Benjamin] I have the tax returns
right here showing how much I got.

Read it off to me.

For the 2019 federal filing,

I received $4,409.

[Judge Judy] And that was
for a child credit?

Yes.

[Judge Judy] And at that time, in


the child's sole source of support

both before you separated and after
was Mr. Rettig, is that correct?

- That is correct.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

And in 2020, I received $4,346.

And what was that?

That was my 2020 tax return.

What was 4,409?

That was 2019.

- Yeah.
- And how was that broken down?

[Benjamin] That was a child tax
credit and I overpaid on taxes.

[Judge Judy] Okay. So that's his
money?

That is correct.

[Judge Judy] And in stimulus money,

you got in total, it says $3,200,

that's what you should've received.

- You said you received 3,000?
- It's based upon income, I believe.

[Benjamin] The first stimulus
check...

- Oh.
- ...it was 1,200 for each adult

and then it was 500 per child.

- So the first one...
- Okay.

[Benjamin] ...would have been 2,900.

So you understand
she's entitled to hers?

- You understand that?
- Yes.

Did you give it to her?

- No.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

So you understand
you have to give her $1,200

because that's her stimulus check.

If what you're telling me is each
person,

you and your wife, got a stimulus
check

and you took both of them,

that was not the intention
of the stimulus check.

Certainly, I know it wasn't gauged
on what you earn,

it was a per capita payment.

Not that there was any rhyme or
reason to the payments because

I will tell you that there was
not rhyme or reason to the payments,

they're just printing checks.

But you have to return the $1,200
for her's,

do you understand?

- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

You have a cross complaint
for car damage?

Yes.

[Judge Judy] This is what your
ridiculous claim for car damage

is that when she left,

she took one car that belonged to
you,

that she was supposed to maintain
in good working order,

and when she returned it,
it wasn't maintained in good order?

That's what it's about?

Take that up with the judge
who does the divorce.

I'm not dealing with that.

And for filing a false restraining
order and legal fees.

Okay. Did you file a restraining
order?

I did and I have proof.

I have the two...I have the pictures
from the as*ault.

Um just after the as*ault and then I
do have the police reports.

[Judge Judy] Just a second.

You filed two different actions?

Correct.

[Judge Judy] Was there a trial
related to those actions?

- There were.
- There were two trials?

- [Marisa] Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Well, I'm not hearing

that evidence again.

That judge made a determination
as to whether or not

there was a low level of proof

as to whether or not
the incident occurred.

Were you granted a restraining order?

- I was not.
- [Judge Judy] So after you testified

and your husband testified,

the court dismissed your complaint?

That is correct.

I also didn't have a lawyer,
so I did not show this evidence.

[Judge Judy] I don't, don't...
shoulda, woulda, coulda,

you went to court,

the judge heard your case,

and at the end of the case
with the lowest quantum of proof,

at least the same quantum of proof
as required here,

the court dismissed your complaint.

Just because the court
dismissed her complaint, Mr. Rettig,

does not mean you could sue her
for filing a false restraining order,

unless you have some evidence
to show me

that she filed the restraining order
knowing that it was false,

a text, a message, that sort of
thing.

She's entitled to file
for a restraining order,

and if she loses,

the court could grant you cost if in
fact

you had a lawyer
because you're suing for legal fees.

Did your lawyer make a request
for legal fees?

No.

[Judge Judy] Well, that's not
my problem, that's your problem.

You've had your day in court.

Judgment for the plaintiff
in the amount of $1,200.

We're finished.
Thank you very much.

[Kevin] Court is adjourned.

I am not happy with it because he
took so much money from me.

She only wants money,
that's all she's ever wanted.

He received payment.

He's also not paying child support,

therefore, um, he's pretty much
just doing this to get back at me.

There was a time
where I was paying child support.

I have since been ordered
to not pay child support.

He didn't care
and he didn't wanna give it to me.

I hope she gets
her stuff together and...

doesn't bother me.

I hope that he really leaves me alone
and he does what's right.

[Judge Judy] You know what was nice
to see, Sarah?

Even though those kids
were very young and very young

to accept the responsibility of
child,

if what she said is true,

I think she's putting her life
in a better direction

if she's applied to school and stuff.

Could you imagine yourself taking
care of a baby and going to school?

[Sarah] No, 50/50 custody,

that responsibility while trying to
do college starting at 21?

- That's tough.
- That's tough.

So, you're supposed to think
before you start a family.

Think about your future and how to
make it the best future you can

possibly...and make yourself the best
person you could possibly be.

But she sounds bright
and he's certainly...

I was actually impressed
with how smart he was

knowing about his tax returns.

And supporting three people.

[Judge Judy] Supporting three people.
Yeah, you're right.

impressive.

Sad but impressive.

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