In re Disqualification of Grendell

{¶ 1} Carol Catalano has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Timothy J. Grendell from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 13-JF-000284, a child-neglect case pending in the Juvenile Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Geauga County.

{¶ 2} Catalano is the maternal grandmother of R.S. and claims that Judge Grendell has shown favoritism towards the paternal grandparents. However, according to Catalano’s affidavit, Judge Grendell denied Catalano’s motion to intervene in the underlying case, concluding that she has no…