Woods v. Woods

This is an appeal from the Gallia County Common Pleas Court, which granted the parties a divorce. Appellant appeals the decision of the trial court on two grounds, one procedural and one substantive. We shall consider the procedural issue first, which is set forth in assignment of error two.

ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR II

"The trial court committed substantial error prejudicial to the appellant and denied appellant a fair hearing of his cause by ruling of evidence not heard by the court in open court but rather in a taped recording of a prior hearing at which the court was not present."

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