In re Adoption of Mora

The affidavit of disqualification filed herein by D. Michael Mullen on behalf of his client seeks the disqualification of Judge Robert E. Buck from further proceedings in case No. 24237 in the Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs County.

The record indicates that Judge Buck presided in an adoption pro*603ceeding, finalized in 1983, involving the child of counsel’s client; that in February 1988, Judge Buck denied a request by this counsel to unseal the records of that adoption; and that presently pending before Judge Buck is a motion to vacate judgment filed by this counsel.

In his…