The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has disciplined a former Corpus Christi district judge for ordering a father to relinquish custody of his son during the Christmas holidays three years ago because she believed she was “being played with.”

The background to the public warning issued against Marisela Saldana, former judge of the 148th District Court in Nueces County, which was released by the commission on Dec. 19, is as follows.