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Dad in Custody Case Can’t Sue Judge for Affair With Mom: Court

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Written by  PLP News

A federal appeals court held that a judge presiding over a custody case can’t be sued by the child’s father for having an affair with the child’s father. So reports the Detroit Free Press.

The court based its decision on the doctrine of judicial immunity, which provides that judges can’t be sued for decisions they make on the bench. The judge hardly got off scot-free, however: The Michigan Supreme Court removed him from the bench and suspended him without pay for six years.

Read the full article from the Detroit Free Press.

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