Judge's Facebook Friendship

<p>A circuit court improperly <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/judgesfacebookfriendship.pdf">denied</a></strong> a father’s motion for reconsideration in a custody dispute, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled, finding the judge’s Facebook friendship with the mother — and the timing of the friendship, content and context of their interactions on the platform, and the judge’s failure to disclose that friendship — constitutes a due process violation. </p>

MADISON, Wis. — A circuit court improperly denied a father’s motion for reconsideration in a custody dispute, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled, finding the judge’s Facebook friendship with the mother — and the timing of the friendship, content and context of their interactions on the platform, and the judge’s failure to disclose that friendship — constitutes a due process violation.

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