Casey v. Casey

T1 The issue is whether the trial judge abused his discretion when he refused to recuse himself in this divorce case after he voluntarily recused himself sua sponte in another case pending before him in which defendant's new wife sought a protective order against plaintiff, We find that the trial judge abused his discretion by refusing to recuse himself in this case.

1 2 Pamela Casey, now Pamela Boyd, married William F. Casey on August 28, 1992. She filed a petition for dissolution in July 2003, in Garvin County District Court. Judge Virgil Tipton heard the matter and entered a decree of…