In re Disqualification of Harwood

{¶ 1} Margaret Kreiner, counsel for the plaintiff, has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Sandra Stabile Harwood from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 13-DR-74, a divorce action pending in the domestic relations division of the Court of Common Pleas of Trumbull County.

{¶ 2} Kreiner alleges that Judge Harwood should be disqualified because at recent prehearing and status conferences, the judge demonstrated bias in favor of defense counsel, indicated an intention to award the family home to the defendant, engaged in…