Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Re: Ethics of a Circuit Court Judge

Since you didn't provide any specifics as to what took place at this hearing, I can only answer your question generally. The judicial code of conduct advises a judge not to make intemperate remarks during a court proceeding, nor should he/she exhibit any bias or favoritism for or against either party. Unfortunately, judges are human too, and the type of conduct you described will happen from time to time. The truth is judges rarely get sanctioned for this, although it has happened on occasion. If you feel you or the person on whose behalf you wrote got an adverse result because of some personal conflict with the judge rather than based on the evidence, there is a right of appeal to a higher court.