Legal Question in Family Law in California

Re: Ruling on Subject Matter

The short answer is probably, no. Depending on the type of disqualification you filed, it should have been filed with the court AND served on all parties BEFORE your hearing. And depending on the type of disqualification you tried to file, it may have been too late to file it if the judge had made rulings on other matters in the case. If you filed a disqualification under other certain statutes, you still may be able to get the judge disquailified, but his or her ruling, while that disqualification is pending, is still valid. And if you are subsequently successful on the disqualification, you can later challange those ruling based on bias or prejudice.

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Re: Ruling on Subject Matter

I really don't think so. You need to DQ judge before the hearing, not after, if you don't want his ruling. Once you put on evidence, then judge can give ruling. At least that's my understanding.