Why our country is screwed...

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Originally Posted by Irving

Repost.

Wipes nose.

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I actually saw this episode on TV one day while home sick so it's been around awhile. Didn't bother to see if it was going to be a repost from years ago because it still applies to today.

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Originally Posted by MattR

Ok...so if he and her got a place to live and he had signed the rent then it is his responsibility to pay rent. If his name is not on the lease then he has no responsibility to pay the rent there. If his name isn't on the lease then he shouldn't be there, period. If she couldn't pay the rent by herself then she shouldn't have rented that place, period. If the landlord was suing the lease holder and its just her name and his is not then too bad for her.

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No, he has a moral obligation to share rent expenses with her if he made a verbal agreement regardless of whether he signed the lease. Beyond that, the point Judge Judy was making was that he took taxpayer dollars ostensibly to pay rent so he had a responsibility to either pay that money toward his rent or return it. The stipend funds were not provided for him to go get MMJ or Mad Dog. She dismissed the case because the woman hadn't paid the rent after the first month either so had no legal claim against him (the landlord on the other hand has legitimate grounds for a claim against her and possibly him).

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Originally Posted by nynco

I noticed that and was pretty disappointing that the judge let her emotions taint her court room ruling. The girl could have had a legitimate case against that guy. Here is how. If she and that idiot got a house together and he agreed to pay half the rent. What happens when he does not. Perhaps the girl did not have the money to cover the mooch. She then gets thrown out and the landlord sues her for back rent. She then sues the guy to get the money that he was supposed to use for rent. So she may not be as worthless as he is. We will never know because the judge lost her head.

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You're an idiot nynco... Judge Judy is not a real judge and carries no legal authority. You're going on my ignore list for being persistently stupid.