Source: gospelconnoisseur.com

The credibility and fairness of Fulton County Superior Court Judge, Bensonetta Tipton Lane became somewhat questionable last year when she granted R&B crooner, Usher Raymond custody of his two sons as opposed to their mother, Tameka Foster. Foster’s attorney, Lisa West revealed that when she learned that the judge had failed to disclose Raymond’s attorney, John Mayoue had prior dealings with her, she motioned that the judge order a new trial due to the clear conflict of interest. According to reports Mayoue had assisted her in her 2008 campaign, raising 83 percent of donations.  CBS Atlanta is reporting that this isn’t the only case where the judge’s ethics are being questioned.

“I see no reason why she shouldn’t have been forthcoming with that information,” said Georgia State University College of Law professor, Clark Cunningham of Lane’s failure to disclose.

Robin Fisher also revealed that the manner in which many decisions in her 2008 divorce were handled left her questioning whether or not the judge was bias in her rulings. She expressed that Lane didn’t allow any evidence that would’ve been harmful to her husband’s case in addition to other questionable rulings, which included prohibiting her from speaking about her divorce two years after it ended.

“I couldn’t get justice. She took away my First Amendment right. My freedom of speech,” Fisher said.

Fisher’s ex-husband was represented by John Mayoue as well. She expressed that just when she was about to give up fighting in court, she learned that CBS Atlanta had been investigating the exact same judge for allegations of bias.

“It was a light bulb went off. It didn’t have anything to do with her hating my attorney. It had nothing to do with her hating me. It had to do with her connection to John Mayoue,” Robin said.

When CBS Atlanta asked the judge whether or not she always ruled in favor of John Mayoue, she responded:

“Only when he’s right.”

Gracie Ortiz Terrett also believes thats Judge Lane ruled unfairly when it came to her divorce case due to the fact that her ex-husband used to work at the Fulton County Superior Court. She expressed that Lane greatly diminished the time in which she is allowed to spend with her children for no actual reason, as there were never accusations of abuse or neglect.

“Children are affected by the decisions [Lane] makes. And if she’s going to make decisions based on relationships, financials, based on campaigns, then she doesn’t belong there,” she said.

Look’s like Tameka and her attorney may not have been crying wolf after all.

Check out footage of the full report on the next page. What do you think of this?

Source: WENN

It’s starting to feel like the week isn’t complete without a non-child-support-paying ex-husband/baby daddy story, which is so unfortunate. The latest celebrity to demand that the father of her child pay up is ”A Different World” star Jasmine Guy who says her ex-husband hasn’t paid child support for the last two years and now owes her nearly $40,000.

As TMZ tells it:

Guy filed legal docs in L.A. County Superior Court recently, claiming Terrence Mitchell Duckett – who she divorced in 2008 — was ordered by a judge to pay $1,469/month in child support for the couple’s daughter.

In the docs, Guy says Duckett hasn’t paid a dime since May 2010 and now owes her a whopping $39,663 in back support.

Guy filed the docs because she wants a judge to hold her ex in contempt of court so that she can collect on the debt by garnishing his wages, going after his assets, or even having him thrown in jail.

A hearing on the matter was scheduled for last month, but was cancelled because Jasmine was unable to serve her ex with the papers.

Sources close to Jasmine tell TMZ the actress is still attempting to serve the papers, so the hearing can be rescheduled.

Her lawyer, Lisa West, tells TMZ, “Both parents have the financial responsibility of rearing a child. Jasmine has always met and will continue to meet her financial responsibility. She, however unfortunately, finds herself in the same position as are many single mothers in this country — she must enforce her child’s right to benefit from the financial assets of both parents.”

Jasmine and Terrence’s daughter Imani was born in 1999, one year after the couple married in August of ’98. Ten years later, the pair filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, and it appears Terrence upheld his end of the child support bargain for the first two years after the split. For some reason, he got amnesia in 2010 and thought his mandated payment schedule was optional. He better get it together if he wants to stay out of jail and, you know, be a good father.

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