Robert K. Bickle

The mother appealed a trial decision granting sole custody to the father, dismissing her financial claims, and alleged judicial bias because the father's mother worked at the courthouse.

The father cross-appealed the trial judge's decision to reduce the mother's child support obligations by $350 per month for access costs.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the mother's appeal, finding no error in the custody decision, no basis for the financial claims, and no reasonable apprehension of bias.

The Court allowed the father's cross-appeal, removing the access cost deduction and correcting a typographical error in the mother's income for child support purposes, setting ongoing support at $765 per month.

The appellant husband appealed judgments in a debt action and a matrimonial proceeding.

In the debt action, the trial judge found the husband jointly liable with his former wife for three loans advanced by her father.

In the matrimonial proceeding, the trial judge ordered spousal support, child support including section 7 expenses, and determined equalization amounts without discounting the wife's debts to her father.

The Court of Appeal dismissed both appeals, finding no palpable and overriding error in the trial judge's factual conclusions or assessment of credibility.