Lukacs v. Ice

Stephen Lukács appeals from a final judgment of paternity involving three children born to' his ex-girlfriend, Appellee Christina Ice, while the couple lived together. The relationship and the litigation have been contentious. Each party accused the other of violent behavior and questioned the other’s fitness to parent the children. The circuit judge had presided over this father’s prior dissolution action, which involved similar dynamics. The trial court, remembered and commented upon the previous case and earlier accusations back and forth in this case, some of which turned out to be…