In re Disqualification of Burt
Ohio Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, C.J.
{¶ 1} Defendant Jennifer L. King has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Forrest W. Burt from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 2007-DC-00470, a divorce action pending on a postdecree motion in the Court of Common Pleas of Geauga County. This is the second affidavit of disqualification that King has filed against Judge Burt in the underlying case. Her first affidavit was denied by entry dated September 6, 2013, because the affidavit was not timely filed pursuant to R.C. 2701.03(B). See affidavit-of-disqualification…
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