Can a judge be disqualified if he makes an order continuing a motion to modify the child custody provision of a divorce decree?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mayr v. Superior Court, In and For Tehama County, 228 Cal.App.2d 60, 39 Cal.Rptr. 240 (Cal. App. 1964):
In Thompson v. Superior Court, 206 Cal.App.2d 702, 23 Cal.Rptr. 841, which involved an attempt (held permissible) to disqualify a judge after he had made an order continuing a motion to modify a child custody provision of a divorce decree the court says (206 Cal.App.2d on page 707, 23 Cal.Rptr. on page 844):
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