
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 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.

A woman discovers in a text message that her husband is lending money to another woman; a landlord sues for emotional distress.

A woman fails to tell her ex-friend that she is repossessing her van; former roommates say the police laughed at the assault charges made against them.

When a man hangs the American flag upside down to make a statement, vandals destroy the flagpole; a mother is accused of selling a stolen vehicle.