Kielbania v. Jasberg

SHAHOOD, Judge.

Petitioner, as personal representative of the Estate of Adrienne F. Grimson, seeks a writ of prohibition from this court. He challenges the trial court’s order denying his motion to disqualify the trial judge. Based on the facts presented in this particular case, we grant the petition.

At a hearing on a motion for consolidation, the presiding judge, in reviewing the pleadings and history of the case, announced that the administrator ad litem in the case had prepared the judge’s will approximately four years earlier. The administrator ad litem had been appointed by the previous…