Mom Left Kids at Daycare for Six Months? | Part 1

Veronica left her kids with Teresa for six months, but claims she brought them dinner every day. Teresa claims that’s not true.
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[@kemzyacco5629]

This is child abandonment. How is she not in jail. She's basically left them with a lady she barely knew. Where's their dad. This is nuts

[@trekgirl65]

Dad in prison, hard core crime.

[@kemzyacco5629]

@@trekgirl65 that's really unfortunate.

[@callesierra]

You are right, this is absolutely scandalous. She should be in PRISON.

[@JVWT]

💯

[@markc7440]

Absolutely agreed!!

[@mariatomas8220]

The audiences face is my face!!! How did she not call cps?????

[@reynaolvera7526]

Literally 😳

[@NexusFantismo]

A lot of people go out of their way to protect some single moms from their terrible decisions. No matter how criminal the behavior.

[@markc7440]

She was too kind and forgiving.

[@brianaevans5952]

That's what I said. I work at a daycare and after that 10 minute grace period we're calling , after that 1st hours with no response or explanation or ETA we're calling CPS. IM NOT waiting 6 months for a parent to show back up

[@shannaholmes833]

OK they were looking at each other like “do yall here this shit”?? lol

[@ParadiseT-j5f]

Judge Judy holding deadbeat mothers accountable 💪🏽

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

JJ is very fair and doesn't play favorites according to sex/gender. She gets very irritated when women abuse SA/DV cases when it's not true. She also dishes out to both parents and at the same time is a proponent of rights for both parents and not just the mother.

[@sashane01]

Someone has to!

[@MarkT1700]

​@@Langley_Ackerman19 we need more judges like that

[@anndeecosita3586]

Did you guys notice the expression the audience member gave when it came out that the mother left her children with a stranger for six months? She is unfit. I would have called CPS. Sadly, these children must not have much of a father either if he didn’t bother to find out where his children were for six months.

[@feetagain]

Came here to comment this! 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@jworth7203]

I’m with the woman right over the plaintiff’s left shoulder-“Excuse me, what??? I canNOT have heard that right!

[@TheAggietaylor]

😳

[@dragastarr2926]

The 3 ladies right behind her were shook

[@elizabethcosme2831]

This breaks my heart for those kids 😢. To be dumped off to a stranger. Hopefully, she was kind

[@MariaGonzalez-qo7in]

😮😢😮😢😮😢 This lady needs to go to jail!!!! 😡😡😡

[@taspany]

and the dad too

[@Caribbean_gyul214]

I can’t believe she has the audacity to leave her kids there for 6 months and is in court like nothing is wrong 😳

[@michaelgillis9420]

The defendant is a piece of crap! Dumped her kids for 6 months? Yikes!! Granted the kids are probably better off with the daycare person.

[@shontae445]

What kind of answer is that to the question,' were you in jail'? Defendant" no i didnt need to be" 🙄🙄

[@ImOnAJourney]

She’s wrong in that!

[@Anselmer_]

Because she probably does drugs but doesn't think she needs rehab

[@gogokris85]

Defendant chooses her boyfriend over her two children 13 and 8 years old. The kids have not seen their mom in six months because mom is over there loving and spending time on boyfriend. Never ever choose a man or a woman over your kids.

[@freeinghumanitynow]

When faced with the choice, most women choose the boyfriend. These women won't admit it but they really only care for their kids when the kids are babies. Once they've outgrown the baby phase, mom typically checks out.

[@Noragrace.]

Sadly it happens more than we like. Poor children

[@gogokris85]

@@Noragrace. poor kids. My prayers are with them because it’s not their fault that their mom is focused on her boyfriend than her own kids.

[@Noragrace.]

@@gogokris85 wish I could help all children

[@gogokris85]

@@Noragrace. me too. My heart and prayers go out to the 13 year old and 8 year old kids. It’s not their fault that their mom is spending more time with her boyfriend and choosing boyfriend over them.

[@jpbaley2016]

2:50 That smirk she gave after admitting she gave “0” cash to support her children means she abandoned them and knows it but found a loophole to prevent her from being jailed for it.

[@Martin-u9e]

Why is she not in jail

[@13orangeroo]

The caretaker didn't call CPS.

[@Martin-u9e]

@@13orangeroo it's pathetic

[@momsterzz]

Female

[@watchyatone702]

White

[@marietighe6328]

Apparently she DOESN'T NEED TO BE 😂😂😂

[@MitchGrooms]

THE AUDIENCES RESPONCE IS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN SO FAR..

[@emilyp5176]

I hope CPS was(were) notified about this woman….I won’t refer to her as a mother!

[@HellishSoul]

Out of curiosity, im not familiar with this CPS, is it true that CPS can be very harsh and oerhaps careless with children? (kept hearing bout bad stories bout em for a while)

[@emilyp5176]

@@HellishSoul TBH, I’m not sure how well they function. It definitely differs from state to state in the U.S… But regardless, the children are always the ones who suffer in the end!

[@BusArch42]

@@HellishSoulchild protective services. They are not fabulous but in this case kids would be moved to a foster home. I have two friends who do foster care and they are good people. You hear a lot of claims about children being taken without cause but I’ve never seen Ken yet that was not more than justified. They spend years giving the birth parents a chance to get their kids back. My one friends foster son was finally terminated parental rights ans able to be placed for adoption. He was taken at age 2 because his mom was leaving him alone while she went to work. There’s more though. Mom was a drug addict. She could not seem to stay clean. They were still doing visitation every week and then she started cancelling. She quit seeing him. It was so sad. After four more months (after two years of foster care) the judge finally couldn’t give her anymore chances. She didn’t even come to the hearing to protest. Good friends of their family want very badly to adopt him. In fact the case worker was dragging things out and they paid a lawyer to sue the state on the child’s behalf. He is placed with his permanent home now and still gets to see his foster parents and foster siblings twice a week.

[@lawandabrown3472]

She should be in jail for this shiiii

[@elianalubuto9541]

Yeah

[@fatonyalmitchell3281]

Well she didn't need to because she Left them in daycare care kinda had a agreement 🤝 but she should did better ❤ as a mom

[@lawandabrown3472]

@@fatonyalmitchell3281 She should’ve never agreed to this.

[@fatonyalmitchell3281]

@@lawandabrown3472 perhaps.....No good deed and mom not even appreciated the help, should just paid her something Damm 😢

[@NexusFantismo]

​@@fatonyalmitchell3281 she didn't agree to do it for free, so the agreement was breached basically immediately.

[@CrystalsTrips1]

I'm happy that she gave up those children. Having s3x does not make you a parent. It's better than neglecting them

[@shannonbugeja3746]

Deadbeat mother whose kids aren’t a priority only her substances and boyfriend are and there’s a father who probably has the same priorities as the mother,poor kids are the ones who always suffer when the parents are losers..

[@franartis5899]

Why didn't the daycare provider call Child Protective Services? Did she get power of attorney over the children? This is so dangerous to her daycare business. She really stuck her neck out there and not in a good way.

[@drew6846]

Right? She is a mandated reporter

[@anndeecosita3586]

How does the mother know the father is out of state if she doesn’t know where he is? 🤔 Also if he is filing income tax returns, wouldn’t the state seize his refunds if there was a child support order and she is receiving Welfare benefits?

[@markc7440]

Very good points there.

[@neoseoulval]

"They already had everything they needed" yes ma'am coming solely from this random lady you dumped your kids on while you drop off a singular lean cuisine at her doorstep every other night at 5pm 😭😭😭😭😭

[@lawandabrown3472]

@@neoseoulval😂😂😂😂

[@TeresaRitchie-mb6nm]

6 MONTHS!?!

[@VinzentC]

I thought there was a typo in the title initially. The defendant is a few vegetables short of a full salad

[@ImOnAJourney]

She’s a few fries short of a Happy Meal … along with a missing burger and the toy!

[@danettewelborn5577]

That is a dumb saying

[@shontae445]

Love judge judy" i dont care, im on a whole different track from you"😂😂😂😂😂

[@deandrebrown4521]

Look at the faces of everyone when she says 6 months 😂 insane

[@claraandala3252]

Love the woman's expression behind the defendant 1:24

[@Rushyesgenesis]

I was just about to comment this 😂😂

[@fluffin4bean]

I read this 2 seconds before and saw it right afterwards. Hahaha!! She said 😳

[@DWilliam1]

Drug abuser…

[@TookieKnows]

Judge Mathis "crackhead sense" would be mad tingling right about now!!!!!

[@8213apice]

She has a lot of nerve!

[@TheSassitude]

😅 At 1:24, when the defendant responds that she left her children for 6 months, see the girl directly behind her over her right shoulder wearing the beige sweater? her expression. Too cute. It's the kindest what the heck! She straightened up, and her eyesbrows went up. Wow. Talk about a visceral reaction. Very noticeable. Yep. Everyone's reaction, I'd say.

[@apollonia-ava]

Yep that’s a very normal reaction to this crazy mother’s story ! Poor children and poor lady !😢

[@rorisang88]

My children can barely survive me being away for a day. I can't imagine abandoning them like that!

[@jworth7203]

Says a lot about what these kids have been through already.

[@LucySkyDiamond]

I have a 21 year old that I have to hear from at least once a day, no way in hell would I leave a 13 and 8 year old with a stranger for 6 whole months

[@zzizahacallar]

My sister in law is a deadbeat and I have zero tolerance. You chose to have them. God bless this woman.

[@diegogomez2520]

Oh she's BOLD !! 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@trinity72gp]

This is crazy 🤡

[@christian.0000]

Wow! That's insane! 6 MONTHS?!?!?

[@latoyahynson5400]

I don't understand why she didn't call the police officers for 6 months she had her kids... she shouldn't be having kids if she can't take care of kids... she owes her money for watching her kids... she should be in jail... where is the father or fathers at... she should be really ashamed of herself girl bye.

[@Bwittneeyy]

where is part two! i could never......

[@septemberwashington2629]

The way she casually says she left her kids for 6 months and everyone looks at her like she's nuts lol

[@Mr.Coffee89]

I could NEVER be in a relationship with someone like this and the show up in court 😮😮😮😮

[@JoVani605]

The crazy part is she was receiving assistance and in order to receive public assistance they make you put down the child’s father to pay child support while they provide support

[@AliciaJonestv]

How was she able to get away with this for 6 months??

[@israelcm7246]

Oh no 6 months ? Whats wrong with this lady? So unacceptable.

[@PanamaJones7]

The audience reaction when she said “6 months” 🤦🏾‍♀️😩😂

[@sheldoncole1151]

Oh my goodness how could she?

[@bja808]

This woman is as bad as Casey Anthony.

[@lisali8308]

Is she sick in the head or something else.You abandoned your children with someone for 6 months and you expect for her to spend her own money to provide for them.Woman your head is not correct at all.

[@timewithsopy]

This case is upsetting. How is this mother getting away with this? She needs to be penalized.

[@immealldayeveryday9425]

Absolutely outrageous, I was definitely gonna call the cops

[@americahasaproblem2632]

She was high then and she is high now.

[@christynicholas6855]

How is this in small claims? This is completely wild.

[@crimsonite2044]

That scarecrow is a criminal and should be sitting in jail

[@TristanMaiolo]

What a POS - even my mother who is probably one of the worst mothers in the world is a better person than this POS! She has no sense of care or responsibility for her children! This makes me so angry!! Those poor poor kids 😥

[@jazzya7383]

Wow… this women is a saint. Most daycares would have called cps,and the kids would go to a foster home.

[@BusArch42]

That’s exactly why she kept the kids

[@Nat524Ricci]

What an absolute disgrace of a Mother. Some of these cases are just so egregious and wild, they seem fake. But it isn’t fake. There are ACTUALLY people like this in our world. It’s scary!!! 😱

[@lolamaude3449]

Geez, I can't even believe this case.... she left her children at daycare for 6 months.... what a miserable excuse for a mother. Sadly, those children should be removed for good. They hardly stand a chance because of who they were born to. Unwanted, neglectied, abandoned!

[@fatonyalmitchell3281]

Thanks goodness she pick awesome daycare ❤kids are alive and safe

[@andrealewis8556]

Im with the audience with the facial expressions! How dare you and how is she not in freakin jail?? Abandonment at its best!

[@andreasfort1599]

I love Judge Judy when she tears into deadbeat parents.

[@angelinesaby1529]

6month what in the world!

[@gregoryhughes6097]

Leaving kids for 6 months with a stranger...dope fiend?

[@TT.3123]

Has to be.

[@misterclownface]

I love the audience's reaction when she says "6 months". lol.

[@McKelT]

Ok my parents weren’t the best but this woman takes the cake for RIDICULOUSNESSS!!!

[@taspany]

Both parents need to be charged for abandonment

[@skeldare]

And who was paying for her kids to have breakfast and lunch at school?

[@BusArch42]

We are

[@sadaisyz]

The audience members reaction is both priceless and legitimate, especially the mutual 'unspoken message' between those @1:26 - I know that look and it makes it funnier every time I watch it! Bless the Plaintiff's heart for her compassion instead of taking it out on the kids or putting them in the street. EDITED: Wait, I just caught the end. The Plantiff didn't turn the kids back over and I'm assuming it was because she felt the mom was unfit....

[@probochronicles3991]

1:43 "Were you in jail?" "No, I didn't need to be." That's not what everyone else is thinking....

[@berniegasper7303]

This is actually very disturbing she left her 2 kids, in the care of someone for 6 months, without proper support, it gave me goosebumps

[@briannaholley2942]

The lady face when she said 6 months 😂😂😂😂

[@AndyM...]

The chick to the right of the defendant is gorgeous !

[@NoahMcleany]

The audiences faces when she said “about 6 months” 😂😂😂

[@jasonjames4254]

At 1:24 look at the expression of the woman in background on the left side. PRICELESS!!! 🤣

[@Sasha-71]

From the words of Judge Judy, this defendant is OUTRAGEOUS ! The absolute nerve of some people is mind-blowing

[@deniserobinson8294]

The lady behind her went so wide-eyed 😅

[@shanawahadali1273]

It’s the way how she’s moving and speaking like she did nothing wrong !!! Wowwwww

[@latoyahynson5400]

Why is her boyfriend there like he is their biological father... she looks like she is on something.... she wants her children things back.... we are talking about money not food something is really wrong with this woman she is not a mother.... she should get her children taken from her period.

[@2randomblackmen]

The Plantiff looks like Ron Swanson’s first wife, Tammy 1 😂

[@dawnsparks9207]

This is a weird one, was the children living with the mother ?

[@LizbethGerow]

i LOVe the reaction of the person behind the defendant when she said 6 mos.

[@tinasung3814]

What kind of mother is this?! She is lucky that plaintiff took cared of her kids for 6 months...

[@aquamarinediamondeye8896]

As an Early Childhood Educator, I'm surprised CPS/DCF where not called!

[@matthewruby3014]

Just sad. All I can do is pray those kids turn out okay in life.

[@jjmah7]

I’ve never seen such a reaction from the gallery after the defendant said “about 6 months…” 😮😅

[@loralubimaia2783]

Come on church!!!! Time to call CPS hours after she didn't come to get her kids!

[@melaniedoris9613]

Those three ladies faces behind the defendant is my face reaction because that is insane. How you leave the kids for 6 month

[@trinity72gp]

Right on time 🍽️😋

[@Sunshine134chick]

She’s a Trifling Deadbeat Mom 😂

[@sharonrobinson3186]

What a despicable woman

[@lisaclark6212]

She left Her Kids with a Stranger for 6 Months? What? Why on Earth did this Women allow Her to do this? Why wasnt CPS called? this is insane!

[@polasalavarrieta4115]

If you have children and don't want to take care of them you can move to California and leave them in a daycare so the government can pay for everything while you go on with.life having more babies, what a life.

[@nanjones3973]

The look of flabbergast that came across these people's faces when she said she left them for 6 months...

[@tekeyeshiaharrington7013]

Heyyy JJ lunch crew!!!!!!

[@DWilliam1]

Favorite part of my work day! Actually met her a few times when I worked for the NYC courts and she was a Family CourtJudge back in 1988-1989.

[@daisyelmir1289]

Hey! 👋🌼

[@fatonyalmitchell3281]

Late lunch 2pm in DuuuvvvaaL county Jax FL USA 💞❤️ still yummy 😋

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

2:56 Zero compensation in any form. 6 months. How the hell was Child Services not involved?

[@MariaProvenzano-i5f]

Watching this is making me soooooo 😠 angry.....this woman should be ashamed...6 months???????

[@elizabethgalligan1805]

She abandoned her children. She's disgusting 😠

[@shannaholmes833]

I’m on a good different track from you!!!! Lmao….lady she’s calling you crazy lmao You ain’t all there lol

[@moonbuni59]

If she is taking them food every day why didn’t she just take them home.

[@danyeo]

People in the audience were like WTF after they heard 6 months.

[@rdl8878]

She doesn’t think she had to pay for the service? The daycare lady should have called CPS immediately.

[@vo6172]

I will never understand people like this. The father of these kids failed these babies!! Ridiculous and outrageous 😒 🙄 May God save these babies ♡

[@xoangelicaf0523]

6 months with a stranger 😮 girl that’s crazy.. where is your family 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@uts4448]

A deadbeat. She gave the daycare lady $0 and she thinks providing dinner "every day" is enough? She probably thinks she found a loophole. What an idiot.

[@rhetta9826]

"If there were a man..." ?? Man or woman doesn't matter. Stop throwing men under the bus by default. This is why there is so much misappropriated misandry (not misogyny).

[@nala7658]

She has no shame at all!