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FLORIDA NEWS ARCHIVE - JUDICIAL ETHICS, Communication Trial judge in post-dissolution child support and visitation case erred by adopting verbatim order prepared by one party without giving pro se opponent opportunity to comment. Ross v. Botha, 896 So.2d 567 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (on rehearing). (See also Perlow v. Berg-Perlow, 875 So.2d 383 (Fla. 2004).)
Judge's independent quest for information leads to disqualification. Chillingworth v. State, 846 So.2d 674 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). See also Inquiry Concerning a Judge (Joseph P. Baker), 813 So.2d 36 (Fla. 2002). (judge admonished by Florida Supreme Court for independent investigation in violation of Canon 3B(7)). |
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