The BEST episodes of Divorce Court season 17

Every episode of Divorce Court season 17, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Divorce Court season 17!

Courtroom-themed shows have been a staple of syndicated television for many years. One of the earliest and most enduring examples of this realtiy-based genre (long before the term "reality TV" had even been coined) is Divorce Court. It may be hard for some of today's younger audiences to believe, but the original Divorce Court bowed in 1957 and lasted 12 years in daily syndication. A new, harder-edged Divorce Court bowed in 1985 and ran another five seasons. The current version, involving real-life divorcing couples and even more hard-edged, bowed in 1999. In both versions, divorcing couples presented their stories before the judge Voltaire Perkins in the 1950s and 1960s version; William B. Keene (best known for presiding over the William Bonin "freeway killer" trial) issued his rulings in the 1980s. A new case was presented each day, with usually but not always both litigants

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#1 - Crudup vs. Pelley Jr.

Season 17 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/2015

A woman tries to school her husband on his duties, but he fails to check off each task.

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#2 - Strong vs. Jones

Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2015

Dante blames his wife for his drinking problem.

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#3 - McKinney vs. McKinney

Season 17 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/5/2015

A couple's multitude of problems includes the man's addictions to pot, porn and video games, while the woman is a serial cheater.

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#4 - Lewis vs. Hunter

Season 17 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/2/2015

A couple who've been together since high school both have filed multiple divorce papers on each other, but they keep taking each other back.

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#5 - Holley vs. Holley

Season 17 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/1/2015

A spouse steals a partner's ring and pawns it.

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#6 - Durham vs. Durham

Season 17 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/30/2015

The dream of being a rap videographer may have ruined a marriage.

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#7 - Jacobs vs. Alsup

Season 17 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/29/2015

A woman claims her boyfriend wants to control every aspect of their relationship.

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#8 - Douglas vs. Jones

Season 17 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/28/2015

A spouse considers giving up bad boys for the son of a preacher.

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#9 - Terrell vs. Terrell

Season 17 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/25/2015

A marriage tries to survive two different parenting styles for a blended family of six and the wife deals with a cheating husband.

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#10 - Eggerson vs. Eggerson

Season 17 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/24/2015

A man says his partner's exotic dancing made him rethink their relationship and rescue his newborn daughter.

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#11 - Pachauer vs. Adams

Season 17 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/2015

A litigant opened the home to an ex's belongings and flirted on the job.

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#12 - Ingram vs. Brown

Season 17 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/22/2015

A woman learns that if a man seems too good to be true, he probably is.

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#13 - Conry vs. Burgess

Season 17 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/21/2015

A woman must decide whether she has outgrown her man.

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#14 - Robinson vs. McCaleb

Season 17 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/18/2015

Margaret wants her fiance to put a ring on her finger.

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#15 - Acosta vs. Oliver

Season 17 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/2015

Dating websites cause trouble in a couple's relationship.

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#16 - Newcomb vs. Reece

Season 17 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/16/2015

He says she has been lying and deceiving him for 12 years.

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#17 - Ruff vs. Ruff

Season 17 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/2015

He is a saver; she is a spender.

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#18 - McCreery vs. McCreery

Season 17 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/14/2015

Barbecued clothes may teach a cheating spouse a lesson.

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#19 - Gonzalez vs. Lopez

Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/2015

Jeovany has heard several secret conversations with other men on his wife's cell phone.

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#20 - Roberson vs. Roberson

Season 17 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/2015

A young woman says her new husband is beginning to show controlling behavior.

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