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Posted: 12:16 PM Sep 8, 2007
Judge Reprimanded Over Custody Case
A Middle Tennessee judge has been publicly reprimanded for her actions during a child custody case.
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LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) -- A Middle Tennessee judge has been publicly reprimanded for her actions during a child custody case.
The Tennessee Court of the Judiciary released a letter of reprimand yesterday to 15th Circuit Court Judge Clara W. Byrd in Wilson County.
The letter says that Byrd failed to follow a Court of Appeals ruling to restore custody to a mother, requiring the woman to pay additional attorney's fees to go back to the court to implement the order.
In the August 2005 case, Byrd granted custody to the child's father, despite findings of abuse from the Department of Children's Service and a police investigation.
The state Court of Appeals reversed her ruling August 2006 and ordered the judge to restore custody to the mother.
But Byrd left the boy in his father's care and then held a hearing in September 2006.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Wow! I wish I had read this before I walked into her courtroom. I was extremely disappointed in her ruling on my case. I asked for help with Child Support and got 200 a month....the ncp has made over 80K the last two years and quit his job (he says let go - I couldn't prove he was lying). Even though my income level and his has been far above the TN average income, she used the min wage rule rather than the TN av. I could have received more support from the Families First program. In the end, I choose to marry/divorce the person that does not want to take care of his child financially, so I guess it ends up back in my lap and not hers. After reading the comments I will say this....she did not treat me with any disrespect and did listen to both parties. And I didnt observe her as disrespectful to any other case that came before her. I did not see her "use her power" as is listed below. But I am extremely disappointed today.
She is totally incompetent and loves to portray herself as a "good 'ole country girl". What a joke. Most all Judges in Wilson County and the surrounding counties think she is nothing short of a fool. She tries to put on her obvious fake smile and go to all of our political functions and "plays the Judge part" but has no idea no one in this county respects her at all. She is totally disrespectful to people who come before her and then wonders why no one has any respect for her. She is basically a very insecure woman who derives pleasure by demeaning those who come in front of her or who make her feel insecure when they are smarter than she is. Most of the lawyers who come before her are much smarter than she is and it is oI sat in her court room for several days and watched her and she is just a pathetic example of a member of our judiciary. She is truly a joke but the problem is she uses her power to show people she is the boss. The true sign of a very, very insecure woman. Really sad.
This judge has no respect for good parent's or lawyer's.She makes up her own rules.In the state of Tn there are no grandparent right's but she would rather let a grandmother see the child more than the mother even though she gave her own kid's away.This judge need's out of office.
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