How Many People Lived in the 2-Bedroom Apt?

>> Judge Judy: Ms. Sanchez, how old are you? >> 17. >> Judge Judy: And you are married? >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: You're married to a military person? >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: And the defendant is your cousin. >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: Your name is? >> Raquel. >> Judge Judy: Last. >> Wood. >> Judge Judy: And this is your...? >> Fiancé. >> Judge Judy: The three of you decided to take an apartment together. >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: Do you get a military allowance? >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: For housing. >> Yes.

>> Judge Judy: How much? >> I'm not quite sure. My husband doesn't really tell me. I think it's around like $1,600. >> Judge Judy: A month. >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: And you get that allowance because he's deployed? >> He's not deployed. It's the beginning of him joining. He was in MCT and boot camp when this was happening. >> Judge Judy: So the apartment that you were getting was an apartment that was going to be for you and your husband when he was available, right? >> The apartment we were gett

ing was for me to live until he gets stationed. >> Judge Judy: Until he gets stationed, and then you were going to leave? >> Yes, I was going to leave wherever he got stationed. >> Judge Judy: And you discussed that with your cousin, Ms. Wood? >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: You signed the lease. >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: You work. >> Yeah. >> Judge Judy: What kind of work do you do? >> I work at Walmart. >> Judge Judy: And what kind of work do you do? >> I work at two gas stations. >> Judge Judy: Prior to

moving into this apartment, were you living at home? >> No, we were both living with my oldest sister. >> Judge Judy: You were living with relatives. >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: And it would be a safe bet to say that you didn't have the money put together for a deposit and first month's rent. >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: You did or did not? >> We did not. >> Judge Judy: So the fact that the military was providing housing was of assistance to you. >> No. >> Judge Judy: Well, let's put it this way -- you cou

ldn't have moved in to the apartment that you moved in without the plaintiff putting up the deposit. >> She was very much aware -- >> Judge Judy: No, don't tell me what she was aware of. I asked you a question. >> Judge Judy: Prior to that, you had been living with somebody's sister. >> My sister. >> Judge Judy: Who else lived with your sister? >> It was just me and my fiancé and her three children. >> Judge Judy: In what month did you move your mother in? >> April. >> Judge Judy: Where had your

mother been living before? >> She was living with her boyfriend. >> Judge Judy: And she had a baby? >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: And then your mother no longer had a boyfriend and needed a place to live. >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: Now, before you moved your mother in, you and your boyfriend shared a room, and the plaintiff had her own room. >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: Now, when you moved your mother and her baby in, where did everybody sleep? >> Everybody slept in their room, and my mom and my sister slept in

the living room. >> Judge Judy: At what point, Ms. Sanchez, did you tell Ms. Wood that you were not happy with this arrangement? >> When she first was letting her mom stay with us in March. >> Judge Judy: And you had that conversation? >> Yes. >> Judge Judy: Let me hear the conversation. >> I let her know that her mother could not be here coming the month of April because I was due with my son, and my husband was coming home for my labor, and that was just gonna be too many people in the house.

>> Judge Judy: And what did she say? >> She said, "Okay." >> Judge Judy: Great. And what happened in April? >> Well, she left the end of March, and I left for the weekend to go see my husband, and when I came home April 2nd, I was home by myself, and then Alan came home from work, and then she came with her mother and her sister, moving her mom's things in. >> Judge Judy: Why? >> She still needed a place to stay. We weren't gonna kick my mom -- >> Judge Judy: Who cares? >> I wasn't gonna kick m

y mom and my sister out. I care, and she should care. It's family. >> Judge Judy: Just a second. You can't do that. >> And it wasn't -- It's not just that! >> Judge Judy: You can't do that! >> It's not just that. I had also been going through a miscarriage, and Sarah knew, so I -- My mom was there for my emotional support, mine and Alan's emotional support. >> Judge Judy: Listen to me! I don't care! Go live with your mother for emotional support! She doesn't have to share her apartment that she

did not anticipate would be occupied by six people with your mother and your baby sister! I don't care. It's not that I don't care that you had a miscarriage. I care like another human being cares, but it's not relevant to this legal dispute. >> Judge Judy: You had no right to move somebody else into the apartment when your roommate was paid up-front for you that allowed you to get out of your sister's house with your boyfriend when you were pregnant to move into an apartment because the federal

government was giving her $1,600 a month as a housing allowance. You're not allowed to move in your whole family. >> I -- She -- >> Judge Judy: Judgment for -- Just a second. How much security deposit did you pay? >> It was $730. >> Judge Judy: And how much was the first month's rent? >> $325. >> Judge Judy: And you moved out, and you moved where? >> I moved out into an apartment that I got last-minute. >> Judge Judy: Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount of $1,055. We're done.