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Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-757071

Dev v. His sister

She uses therapy language to win arguments rather than to understand me.

🕊 Hon. Samuel Tanaka0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-635816

Hannah v. Her partner

He has not initiated physical affection in eight months and says everything is fine.

🕊 Hon. Samuel Tanaka0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-352988

Oliver v. His friend

Every time I share good news about my career, he finds the negative angle.

🕊 Hon. Samuel Tanaka0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-868732

Liam v. His partner

She says "I am fine" while clearly not fine, then resents me for not asking again.

🕊 Hon. Samuel Tanaka0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-255453

Meredith v. Her wife

She is "always on her phone" — even during the conversations she says she wants to have.

🕊 Hon. Samuel Tanaka0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-969558

Irene v. Her husband

He threw away my collection of childhood t-shirts while "decluttering."

🕊 Hon. Samuel Tanaka0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-204694

Aaron v. His cousin

He added his new wife to the family group chat without asking anyone.

🌻 Hon. Beatrice Holloway0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-135395

Leona v. Her sister

She announced her pregnancy at my wedding rehearsal dinner.

🌻 Hon. Beatrice Holloway0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-586424

Jeff v. His mother-in-law

She has been giving my kids candy after we explicitly said no sugar before dinner.

🌻 Hon. Beatrice Holloway0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-772656

Darlene v. Her son

He told me he is "skipping" Christmas this year to "do something just for himself."

🌻 Hon. Beatrice Holloway0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-616060

Sammy v. Her grandmother

She called my new tattoo "trashy" in front of the whole family at Sunday lunch.

🌻 Hon. Beatrice Holloway0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-448888

Ruby v. Her mother-in-law

She brings my 4-year-old son a present every time she visits. Every. Time.

🌻 Hon. Beatrice Holloway0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-846260

Tiana v. The bride

She expects her four bridesmaids to each pay $2,400 for her destination bachelorette.

📊 Hon. Marcus Okonkwo0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-330218

Jakub v. His partner

We bought a house. He paid 70% of the down payment. He thinks the equity should be 50/50.

📊 Hon. Marcus Okonkwo0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-504519

Maria v. Her sister

Mom left us each $50K. Two months later she asks if I can "loan" her $20K because she "spent her share."

📊 Hon. Marcus Okonkwo0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-106169

Will v. His friend group

At dinner I had a $14 salad and a water. They split the $480 bill evenly across six people. I owed $80.

📊 Hon. Marcus Okonkwo0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-878779

Kayla v. Her friend

I loaned her $2,000 two years ago. She has not mentioned it since. She just bought a $1,400 designer bag.

📊 Hon. Marcus Okonkwo0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-386088

Brandon v. His co-founder

I built the prototype before we incorporated. He raised our seed round. Now he wants 60/40 equity instead of 50/50.

📊 Hon. Marcus Okonkwo0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-164358

Sasha v. Her partner

After eight years together he says he is "not sure" if he wants to get married.

📖 Hon. Eleanor Volkov0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-482186

Gabriel v. His cousin

He used an AI to write our grandfather's eulogy and delivered it at the funeral.

📖 Hon. Eleanor Volkov0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-414439

Rachelle v. Her husband

He has quietly given up on every "someday" plan we made for our 50s and 60s.

📖 Hon. Eleanor Volkov0 shares
Split ruling
Case J-2026-665502

Arjun v. His sister

She refuses to share eldercare for our mother because she "is closer."

📖 Hon. Eleanor Volkov0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-807085

Ellie v. Her best friend

She joined an MLM and has tried to recruit me three times in six months.

📖 Hon. Eleanor Volkov0 shares
Plaintiff wins
Case J-2026-873200

Noah v. His father

My father wants me to repay him for college 10 years after I graduated.

📖 Hon. Eleanor Volkov0 shares