Faulting a Family Court judge for her "predetermined and unreasonable refusal" to let a father proceed pro se in a custody and visitation matter, a Brooklyn appellate panel has ruled another judge should take the case on remand.
Family Court Judge Marlene Budd in Suffolk County "committed reversible error by depriving the father of his right to self-representation," a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, ruled in Matter of Massey v. Van Wyen, 2012-04016.
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