Family disagreements: who is right?
Who hosts the holidays, who gets the front seat, who's on their phone at dinner. Family feuds, settled at last.
Families have the longest-running disputes the court sees. It rules on the small ones: who hosts, who sits where, who borrowed what. Anything that involves real harm or real money stays out of this court.
- Not guilty
Can you be held liable for not emptying a trash bin that wasn't your chore?
No. The court found the defendant not guilty because the plaintiff admitted the trash bin was the plaintiff's responsibility. The plaintiff must now empty the bin daily for a week and buy a new one.
Read the ruling - Guilty
Is it okay to borrow money from your parents?
Yes, as long as both sides agree it is a loan and when it gets paid back. Renaming it a gift afterwards is not allowed.
Read the ruling - Guilty
Should you help with the dishes at family dinner?
Yes, every adult at the table should at least offer to help clear and wash up. The host may refuse, but the offer is required.
Read the ruling - Guilty
Is it rude to regift a present?
Regifting is acceptable if the gift is new and goes to someone outside the original circle. Giving it back to the person who bought it is not.
Read the ruling - Not guilty
Is it rude to ask for money as a gift?
No, not when someone asks what you would like. Answering honestly is more useful than a polite guess that ends in another candle.
Read the ruling - Both at fault
Do you have to share your streaming password with family?
You do not have to share an account you pay for. Changing the password mid-episode without a word, after years of sharing, is still rude.
Read the ruling - Not guilty
Do you have to call your mom every Sunday?
No, but you do have to call back. Missing a Sunday is forgivable; disappearing for a month is not.
Read the ruling - Guilty
Is it OK for siblings to borrow clothes without asking?
No. Being related does not make your wardrobe shared, and asking takes one text.
Read the ruling - Guilty
Is it rude to be on your phone at family dinner?
Yes, especially if you made the no-phones rule. A quick check is human; a whole meal is not.
Read the ruling - Both at fault
Who gets the front seat when siblings argue about it?
Calling it works only once you are outside. When both siblings call it badly, the court alternates trips.
Read the ruling - Guilty
Who should host Thanksgiving when siblings take turns?
The next sibling in the rotation hosts. Skipping a turn needs a swap agreed in advance, not an announcement in November.
Read the ruling
Other kinds of disputes
Think you're right? Take them to court 👨👩👧
Tell the court what happened. Your first two cases are free, and the other side can defend themselves.