A retired New York City Criminal Court judge who was working as a judicial hearing officer has been suspended amid an investigation into allegations that the judge tried to intervene in a lawsuit against her daughter, a Manhattan prosecutor.

A spokesman for the Office of Court Administration said that the office’s inspector general is investigating “what appears to be some inappropriate behavior” by Eileen Koretz, who is alleged to have intervened into a legal dispute between Lauren Angelo Seltzer, Koretz’ daughter, and Vanessa Rivas, a nanny who worked for Seltzer.