trace gallagher has more from our west coast newsroom. trace? >> reporter: hey, megyn. this was a two-year legal battle where the kids were seeking $50,000 in damages because of emotional distress, because their mom was a bad mom. as you said, she's 55-year-old kim garrity. the kids are now 23-year-old stephen minor and his 20-year-old sister kathy minor, right? they brought this thing, and it was thrown out of two courts, okay? they were raised in a $1.5 million house, and put these on the screen, if you will. this was what their lawsuit was based on. she was a bad mom because, one, she called her daughter home from a homecoming dance early. the nerve. two, she threatened to call the cops on her 7-year-old son when he was 7, right? was he wouldn't -- because he wouldn't buckle his seat belt. and three, stephen says that his mom once smacked him in the head when he was a kid and that he still has headaches. but i submit to you the big piece of evidence, your honor, this: it is the birthday card.