Judge Reprimanded Over Custody Case

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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.

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Posted by: robert on Nov 16, 2009 at 10:47 PM

ive had an ongoing case with her for 8 years i have a 8 yr old daughter that i have never seen .she want let me see her.i have spent 15000 over the past 8 yrs for lawyers and still havent seen my daughter.i think it is unbeleivable that she gets away with what she gets away with .i havent even signed the birth certificate.everytime i say something she acts like she dont hear me .i think something needs to be done but iam sure it want i live in a town that alot of money gets pushed under alot of tables and in alot of pockets.this county needs a positive change and i dont ever see that happening until someone stands up to people like her.
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Posted by: Mr B Location: lebanon on Nov 6, 2009 at 11:26 AM

I just left the court house.My ex-wife filed for divorce after she kicked me out six years ago. I just settled in with a new family, after she found out she filed for divorce asking for 100.00 per week alimony and she made sure it went before Byrd. Bryd never allowed me to speak and threatened me that if I said one word it would be 500.00 per week.I will appeal and if you notice I did not say judge before her name because she is a disgrace to our judicial system.
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Posted by: mixer1 Location: tenn on May 5, 2009 at 01:09 PM

All the people that have had bias rulings in front of this judge should file a complaint against her. There is power in a group and if she is left alone the children are the ones that suffer. We, the parents, have to protect them.
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