Court Clerk’s Texting Might Warrant Recusal of Judge
- At June 17, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce Process, Judicial Recusal
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Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal. Dougherty v. Dougherty The mother and father in this Fayette County. Tennessee, case were divorced in 2018, and the court entered a permanent parenting plan regarding the couple’s three children. In 2019, the mother filed a petition for civil contempt and to modify. The dispute centered on which school […]
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