Is a circuit judge disqualified to hear a divorce action due to: 1. An unfounded allegation that the judge is close friends with one of the attorneys in the case? Answer: No. 2. The same attorney and his law firm each having made a $100 contribution to the judge’s 1994 campaign fund? Answer: No. 3. The judge and the same attorney both being Democrats? Answer: No. 4. The judge and the same attorney both having graduated from the University of Alabama Law School? Answer: No. 5. The totality of the above circumstances? Answer: No.

DISQUALIFICATION ON ALLEGATION OF FRIENDSHIP WITH, AND/OR DUE TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM, POLITICAL AFFILIATION OF, AND LAW SCHOOL ATTENDED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THE CASE

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