Webber v. Webber

I agree with Judge Coats’ decision that a party who fails to make a timely perempto*331ry challenge of a trial judge in a domestic-relations proceeding pursuant to Alaska Rule of Civil Procedure 42(c)(3) and (4), may not later preemptorily challenge that judge in a criminal contempt proceeding brought to enforce the domestic-relations judgment. See Alaska R.Crim.P. 25(d). I agree that we should follow McClenny v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 60 Cal.2d 677, 36 Cal.Rptr. 459, 388 P.2d 691 (1964).

I believe the proper decision in this case is foreshadowed in a number of Alaska Supreme Court…