
Judge Greg Mathis is unlike most adjudicators you'd see in a courtroom. The former Detroit-area district court judge infuses his court sessions with a generous dose of humor as he listens to diverse litigants plead their small-claims cases in his TV courtroom. A regular segment, Ask Judge Mathis, features the judge answering viewer questions to advise people with legal situations that they face. Prior to entering the legal world, Mathis was involved with gangs and spent time in jail as a young man before turning his life around.

The plaintiff requests DNA testing because she believes the defendant is the daughter she gave up for adoption when she was 13.

The plaintiff, who is transitioning from male to female, hired the defendant, who is her cousin, to do her hair for her birthday, but she left her with a bald spot.

A woman says she helped her co-worker learn how to drive using her car, but while attempting to park he hit the gas instead of the brakes, drove into a ditch and hit a fence, so she is suing for car damages.

A woman sues her ex-boyfriend for breach of contract because he left her for his former girlfriend; he countersues for unreturned personal property.