
This courtroom series stars former family court judge Judy Sheindlin. Each episode finds Judge Judy presiding over real small-claims cases inside a televised courtroom. Her no-nonsense, wisecracking approach has been unsuccessfully copied by other TV court judges.

A young defendant tells an unbelievable story about how his sister "offered" to help pay for his girlfriend's boat; an ex-lover accuses a disabled woman of false arrest for assault.

A couple accuse their landlord of robbing them of their dream to be foster parents; after a fight between a tenant and a landlord, roommates must battle over car damage, missing property and unpaid wages.

A man makes all kinds of accusations against his ex-wife; a man denies doing drugs, but his ex-landlord says he used marijuana.

A struggling mother denies trying to scam the government; a man retires and lets his son move into his old house, only to fight with him over the rent.