In re Disqualification of Giesler

{¶ 1} Loretta Riddle, counsel for J.N., the biological mother of the minor children at issue in the underlying case, has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 to disqualify Judge Kathleen L. Giesler from acting on any further proceedings in the above-referenced cases, now pending in the Juvenile Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Ottawa County.

{¶ 2} Attorney Riddle contends that Judge Giesler must be disqualified because she presides over the HOPE Court. In 2008, the Ottawa County Juvenile Court created its Family Dependency Treatment Court, a specialized…