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Daughter panics and blames her dad to get out of jury duty, it works: ‘I walked out of that courthouse like I just dropped the hottest mixtape of the year.'

Elna McHilderson

13-year-old accuses stepmom of playing favorites with her 4-year-old bio son after she puts more effort into his bedroom makeover than hers, dad refuses to admit she was following parenting boundaries he set up: "I'm not her parent"

Ely Bulnes

Mom allows daughter to be fired from family business, expects her to work as her secretary for free: 'She keeps telling me it's my duty'

Ally Perry

Mom lives in father's home with 3-year-old son, protests when younger brother proposes him, his girlfriend and child move in: 'I thought I could go back'

Ally Perry

Uncle sends money to the mother of his brother's illegitimate child, exposes him as a deadbeat to their extended family: 'I'll never let him hear the end of it'

Emmy Pratt

Successful 25-year-old daughter tells 64-year-old dad he can pay for his own car and vacations after years of coming second to lazy golden child older brother: "You can pay for your own holiday, you've got a job"

Ely Bulnes

Stepmother demands custody of her estranged 16-year-old stepson so she can have help babysitting his half-siblings; he refuses: 'She said she raised me for 9 years and should be allowed to 'keep me''

Jesse Kessenheimer

42-year-old irresponsible dad impulsively gets two puppies for his 15-year-old daughter, but only 22-year-old sister takes care of them: 'I'm the only one who's taken any time to train [the dogs]'

Ayala Sorotsky

Husband tries to take solo vacation while wife juggles working full-time and 3 kids, so she shuts him down: 'It's about mutual respect'

Isabella Penn

‘[He] isn't my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn't her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him

Lana DeGaetano

'This set off a domino effect': Mom bans kids from bringing their expensive toys over step-sibling jealousy, so they choose to live with dad who respects their boundaries

Isabella Penn

Twin gets snubbed out of his brother's engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: 'I was only invited for optics'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: 'I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids'

Emmy Pratt

'If she moves in, I move out': Bratty sister-in-law "can’t stand the drama" of her roommate, so she demands to stay in her brother's tiny apartment; his wife and mother of their toddler refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

13-year-old stepdaughter cries after her step-mother puts more effort into decorating her 3-year-old brothers room than her room: 'She accused me of playing favorites because he's “actually mine."'

Emmy Pratt

41-year-old dad takes a lower paying job to have more time for rock climbing, prioritizing his hobby over his kids and leading wife to feel like a single mother: "I honestly thought he was having an affair"

Ely Bulnes