I read other reporting while trying to find biographical information about the judge, and the reporting is rather one-sided. The judge was certainly overstepped

I read other reporting while trying to find biographical information about the judge, and the reporting is rather one-sided. The judge was certainly overstepped and was doing something wrong and illegal but it wasn’t quite as egregious as that. In family law cases, she regularly entered the homes of and had meetings there with the involved parties, though typically she had one of the parties request the motion and in this case she did it herself. She usually required the consent of both parties legal representation before going through with it. The guy involved represented himself and didn’t realize he should have objected until it was too late and they were there. He’d been held in contempt for allegedly not turning over property she had ordered him to, which he said he didn’t have, and entering the house and searching it was her way of establishing that. Clearly out there, wacky, and illegal, but not quite so egregious as the article represents. You can see how the judge probably thought she was being practical and fair minded, but nevertheless hugely overstepped. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-who-searched-litigants-home-for-marital-property-gets-censure-and-fine/ https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-who-searched-l...