When Judges Judge Their Own Cases: Why Recusal Rules Fail in Family Court

In most areas of law, the principle that no one should be a judge in their own case is sacrosanct. Yet in America’s family courts, that rule breaks down in astonishing ways. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ongoing legal saga of Marc Fishman, a father fighting to regain access to his children while navigating a legal maze that seems structurally…