Judge Penny has an amazing story -- She never knew her father and grew up watching her single mother get abused. Making the decision to leave her hometown and move to Georgia, she endured a time of homelessness, being forced to sleep in a car with her young son in order to survive. Not giving up, she eventually put herself through college, earned 3 degrees, entered Law school working multiple jobs, and became one of the top family court judges in the country.