CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure After Trial/Hearing
......Attack on Judgments/Orders
.........Gender Bias
5 Cards On This Topic:
  • Judge stating he did not see evidence consistent with what he would expect after a forcible rape did not establish a “probability of actual bias on the part of the judge.”
  • Judicial gender bias not found where plaintiffs could not demonstrate judge's behavior was so prejudicial as to deny them a fair trial.
  • Trial judge's conduct demonstrated gender bias towards P and her claim based on objective standard and mandated reversal and retrial before new judge.
  • F's gender bias claim against court untenable where record showed no bias, but only judge's constant and overriding concern for best interests of warring parties' infant child.
  • Statement of decision "so replete with gender bias" it undermined W's credibility and contaminated disposition of case.