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[–]FlippyKing 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think that is why the judge is doing it. The judge in some sense, maybe not a legalistic sense, is endangering that child and the judge's actions could be seen as hiding evidence of that. The judge needs to recuse because the appearance of a conflict of interest, in this case the interest of justice in the custody of the child and the interest of the judge's own role in the matter, are readily apparent. If the father is not a suitable "custodian" while these matters are sorted out, then I think the system is set up for a foster parent.