Replacing The Judge

In California, you can remove a judge in any civil matter, including a divorce, by making a timely challenge. Usually, it is not a good idea.

In his case, Rocker Richie Sambora has moved to replace the judge presiding over his divorce case.

The Bon Jovi guitarist filed papers in Los Angeles on Friday - just weeks after Heather Locklear petitioned for a divorce - asking that the judge assigned to preside over his case be removed.

The papers read: "The judge is prejudiced against the party or the interest of the party so that the affiant (Sambora) cannot or believes that she (Sambora's attorney) cannot have a fair and impartial trial."

Read about it here.

Comments

[beck]

what if the prejudice only becomes known long after the judge is assigned? In this particular case, my son is in prison, the attorney I hired for him just told me to expect a bad result from the property settlement because the judge told him that "my son's testimony would be discounted because he is a felon"