The Family Court Act provides that the "judge who presides at the fact-finding hearing or accepts an admission * * * shall preside at any other subsequent hearing in the proceeding, including but not limited to the dispositional hearing" (Family Ct Act § 340.2 [2]; emphasis added), unless removal of the Judge from the proceeding becomes necessary "due to bias, prejudice or similar grounds" (Family Ct Act § 340.2 [3] [b]).
In this matter, although...
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