Iamsemisweet
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Joined: 4/9/2011 From: The Great Northwest, USA Status: offline
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If there is a dress code in the courts you have attended, LL, then they are way different than the ones here. It never ceases to amaze me the inappropriate get ups people show up in. I had a trial one time where the plaintiff wore a T shirt that said "Somewhere a Village is missing an idiot". But, to address the OP, I think the judge was way, way out of line. He may think he is a god in his own little court room, but he really isn't. People, including those with infants, even those with breast feeding infants, are entitled to access to the courts. They are public proceedings, after all. I think that most people understand that the need of an infant for care takes precedence over almost everything. So what are you supposed to do, if you are a nursing mother, forced to sit through a motion docket that could conceivably go on for several hours? Sure, you could go out in the hall, but what if your case is called while you are outside? Most people are intimidated and unsure of the process as it is. Is it really better to have a fussy, crying infant disturbing the whole court room than it is to discreetly breast feed? People are forced to bring their kids to court sometimes. In many cases, they can't afford a baby sitter. While the courts here used to provide child care on a limited basis, all that was done away with in the budget cuts. A family should not be denied their day in court just because they have an infant that requires care. Docket days are often a zoo as it is, what with attorneys yucking it up and people coming and going. I doubt if this woman feeding her baby was all that distracting. I get really tired of low level judges being so self important.
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